The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
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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...
- Jean DelannoyDirector
- Jean AurencheScreenplay
- Jacques PrévertScreenplay
Original Title
Notre-Dame de Paris
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$1,000,000
Keywords
- paris, france
- gypsy
- obsession
- cathedral
- false accusations
- hunchback
Top Billed Cast
Gina Lollobrigida
Esmeralda
Anthony Quinn
Quasimodo
Alain Cuny
Claude Frollo
Jean Danet
Phoebus de Chateaupers
Damia
The Beggar
Marianne Oswald
La Falourdel
Danielle Dumont
Fleur de Lys
Valentine Tessier
Aloyse de Gondelaurier
Robert Hirsch
Pierre Gringoire
Philippe Clay
Clopin Trouillefou
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