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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • 1956
  • TMDB 6.7/10
  • 1h 55m

In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.

Overview

In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.

Cast

  • Gina LollobrigidaEsmeralda
  • Anthony QuinnQuasimodo
  • Alain CunyClaude Frollo
  • Jean DanetPhoebus de Chateaupers
  • DamiaThe Beggar
  • Marianne OswaldLa Falourdel
  • Danielle DumontFleur de Lys
  • Valentine TessierAloyse de Gondelaurier

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