The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Plot Summary

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Top Cast

Charles Laughton The Hunchback Quasimodo

Cedric Hardwicke Frollo

Thomas Mitchell Clopin

Maureen O'Hara Esmeralda

Edmond O'Brien Gringoire