The Hunchback of Notre Dame

About The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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…

Jean Delannoy's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1956 horror film. The film is filed under obsession, false accusations, gypsy, and hunchback.

Gina Lollobrigida takes the lead as Esmeralda, Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo, Alain Cuny as Claude Frollo, and Jean Danet as Phoebus de Chateaupers. Released in December 1956, it runs 115 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jacques Prévert and Jean Aurenche.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona, and Poor Things make useful companions to The Hunchback of Notre Dame, all filed under cathedral. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 125 votes and it carries a PG rating.