Notre-Dame de Paris (1956)
"The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo."

Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Original Title: Notre-Dame de Paris
Release Date: 1956-12-19
Status: Released
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 108 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama, History, Horror
Production Companies: Panitalia, Paris-Film Production
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

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