The Hunchback of Notre Dame
movie
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Released December 19, 1956
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...
Cast
Gina Lollobrigida
as
Esmeralda
Anthony Quinn
as
Quasimodo
Alain Cuny
as
Claude Frollo
Jean Danet
as
Phoebus de Chateaupers
Damia
as
The Beggar
Marianne Oswald
as
La Falourdel
Danielle Dumont
as
Fleur de Lys
Valentine Tessier
as
Aloyse de Gondelaurier
Robert Hirsch
as
Pierre Gringoire
Philippe Clay
as
Clopin Trouillefou
Maurice Sarfati
as
Jehan Frollo
Jean Tissier
as
Louis XI
