The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
★★★☆☆ 6.7/10
⏱️ 115 min
📅 Released
🌐 FR
DramaHorror
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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Director
Jean Delannoy
Writer
Jean Aurenche, Jacques Prévert
Producer
Raymond Hakim

Production

Panitalia, Paris-Film Production

Keywords

paris, francegypsyobsessioncathedralfalse accusationshunchback