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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

First aired on Dec 19, 1956

Runtime: 115mins

70%

Genres: Drama, 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 Cast: click image to view more
Gina Lollobrigida | Esmeralda
Anthony Quinn | Quasimodo
Alain Cuny | Claude Frollo
Jean Danet | Phoebus de Chateaupers
Damia | The Beggar
Marianne Oswald | La Falourdel
Featured Crew
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Henri Taverna | Editor
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Georges Auric | Original Music Composer
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Michel Kelber | Director of Photography
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Raymond Hakim | Producer
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Jean Delannoy | Director
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Jacques Prévert | Screenplay