The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Released: December 19, 1956Runtime: 115 minLanguage: FR
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...
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Gina Lollobrigida
as Esmeralda
Anthony Quinn
as Quasimodo
Jean Danet
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Alain Cuny
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Robert Hirsch
as Pierre Gringoire
Danielle Dumont
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Maurice Sarfati
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Jean Tissier
as Louis XI
Valentine Tessier
as Aloyse de Gondelaurier
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