The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Plot Summary

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...

Top Cast

Gina Lollobrigida Esmeralda

Anthony Quinn Quasimodo

Alain Cuny Claude Frollo

Jean Danet Phoebus de Chateaupers

Damia The Beggar