The Hunchback of Notre Dame Poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

66.00% | December 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

Henri Taverna
Editor
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography

Cast

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