The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956/12/19 • $1,000,000 • Released • French
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...
Director : Jean Delannoy
Casts
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
Maurice Sarfati
Jehan Frollo
Jean Tissier
Louis XI
Jacques Hilling
Maitre Charmolue
Boris Vian
The Cardinal
Madeleine Barbulée
Madame Outarde
Jacques Dufilho
Guillaume Rousseau
Roger Blin
Mathias Hungadi
Piéral
The Dwarf
Roland Bailly
The Hangman
Robert Lombard
Jacques Coppenole
Hubert de Lapparent
Guillaume de Harancourt
Paul Bonifas
Master Lecornu
Albert Rémy
Jupiter
Georges Douking
A Thief
Albert Michel
Night Watchman
Camille Guérini
The President
Malka Ribowska
Une femme à la fête des fous (uncredited)
Nadine Tallier
Une fille à la 'Cour des Miracles' (uncredited)
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