The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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

6.7(111 votes)
1956
1h 55m
Drama
History
Horror

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...

Production

Panitalia, Paris-Film Production

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Esmeralda

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Quasimodo

Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Claude Frollo

Jean Danet

Jean Danet

Phoebus de Chateaupers

Damia

Damia

The Beggar

Marianne Oswald

Marianne Oswald

La Falourdel

Danielle Dumont

Danielle Dumont

Fleur de Lys

Valentine Tessier

Valentine Tessier

Aloyse de Gondelaurier

Robert Hirsch

Robert Hirsch

Pierre Gringoire

Philippe Clay

Philippe Clay

Clopin Trouillefou

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