A Victorian surgeon intervenes to save a severely damaged guy who was being tormented by his "owner" as a freak at a sideshow. He is an intelligent and sensitive man hidden beneath his hideous exterior. Based on the true story of a severely disfigured man in nineteenth-century London named Joseph Merrick (referred to as John Merrick in the film).
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A Victorian surgeon intervenes to save a severely damaged guy who was being tormented by his "owner" as a freak at a sideshow. He is an intelligent and sensitive man hidden beneath his hideous exterior. Based on the true story of a severely disfigured man in nineteenth-century London named Joseph Merrick (referred to as John Merrick in the film).
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