The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956 · Directed by Jean Delannoy

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, Anthony Quinn, Maurice Sarfati, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny, Jacques Dufilho, Philippe Clay, Madeleine Barbulée, Hubert de Lapparent, Danielle Dumont

Rating: 6.6/10 from 79 votes