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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

66% | Dec 19, 1956 | Drama, History, Horror

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...

Featured Crew

Jacques Prévert
Screenplay
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay

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Anthony Quinn
Quasimodo
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Alain Cuny
Claude Frollo
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Jean Danet
Phoebus de Chateaupers
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Damia
The Beggar

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