The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

PG 1956 · 115 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Horror

In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.

Directed by Jean Delannoy · Written by Jacques Prévert

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Gina Lollobrigida Esmeralda
Anthony Quinn Quasimodo
Alain Cuny Claude Frollo
Jean Danet Phoebus de Chateaupers
Damia The Beggar
Marianne Oswald La Falourdel
Danielle Dumont Fleur de Lys
Valentine Tessier Aloyse de Gondelaurier
Robert Hirsch Pierre Gringoire
Philippe Clay Clopin Trouillefou
Maurice Sarfati Jehan Frollo
Jean Tissier Louis XI

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