The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956
1h 55m
6.7

6.7/10

115 votes • View on IMDb

"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...

Status: Released

Budget: $1,000,000

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Panitalia Paris-Film Production
Production Countries
France Italy
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Original Title Notre-Dame de Paris
Release Date December 19, 1956
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0050781

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

Maurice Sarfati
Maurice Sarfati

Jehan Frollo

Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier

Louis XI

Key Crew

Jean Delannoy
Director
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay
Raymond Hakim
Producer
Jacques Prévert
Screenplay