The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

115 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 19, 1956

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...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

115 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 19, 1956

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Panitalia, Paris Film Productions
Original title Notre-Dame de Paris
Directors Jean Delannoy
Writers Jean Aurenche, Victor Hugo, Jacques Prévert

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

as Esmeralda

Anthony Quinn

as Quasimodo

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

Alain Cuny

as Claude Frollo

Robert Hirsch

as Pierre Gringoire

Philippe Clay

as Clopin Trouillefou

Maurice Sarfati

as Jehan Frollo

Jean Tissier

as Louis XI

Jacques Hilling

as Maitre Charmolue

Boris Vian

as The Cardinal

Madeleine Barbulée

as Madame Outarde

Jacques Dufilho

as Guillaume Rousseau

Roger Blin

as Mathias Hungadi

Piéral

as The Dwarf

Roland Bailly

as The Hangman

Robert Lombard

as Jacques Coppenole

Hubert de Lapparent

as Guillaume de Harancourt

Paul Bonifas

as Master Lecornu

Albert Rémy

as Jupiter

Georges Douking

as A Thief

Albert Michel

as Night Watchman

Camille Guérini

as The President

Malka Ribowska

as Une femme à la fête des fous (uncredited)

Nadine Tallier

as Une fille à la 'Cour des Miracles' (uncredited)