The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Dec 19, 1956

1h 55m

★ 6.7

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

Overview

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...

Genres

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Panitalia

Paris-Film Production

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Cast

Esmeralda

Gina Lollobrigida

Quasimodo

Anthony Quinn

Claude Frollo

Alain Cuny

Phoebus de Chateaupers

Jean Danet

The Beggar

Damia

La Falourdel

Marianne Oswald

Fleur de Lys

Danielle Dumont

Aloyse de Gondelaurier

Valentine Tessier

Pierre Gringoire

Robert Hirsch

Clopin Trouillefou

Philippe Clay

Jehan Frollo

Maurice Sarfati

Louis XI

Jean Tissier

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