The Hunchback of Notre Dame (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...

Cast

Quasimodo
Jehan Frollo
Maitre Charmolue
The Cardinal
Madame Outarde
Guillaume Rousseau
Mathias Hungadi
The Dwarf
The Hangman
Jacques Coppenole
Claude Frollo
Guillaume de Harancourt
Master Lecornu
Night Watchman
The President
Une femme à la fête des fous (uncredited)
Une fille à la 'Cour des Miracles' (uncredited)
Phoebus de Chateaupers
The Beggar
La Falourdel
Fleur de Lys
Aloyse de Gondelaurier
Pierre Gringoire
Clopin Trouillefou

Crew

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