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Feature film — 1956

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

6.71h 55mDrama — Horror

In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's 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.

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Director: Jean Delannoy

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Cast & crew

Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda

Gina Lollobrigida

Esmeralda

Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo

Anthony Quinn

Quasimodo

Alain Cuny as Claude Frollo

Alain Cuny

Claude Frollo

Jean Danet as Phoebus de Chateaupers

Jean Danet

Phoebus de Chateaupers

Damia as The Beggar

Damia

The Beggar

Marianne Oswald as La Falourdel

Marianne Oswald

La Falourdel

Danielle Dumont as Fleur de Lys

Danielle Dumont

Fleur de Lys

Valentine Tessier as Aloyse de Gondelaurier

Valentine Tessier

Aloyse de Gondelaurier

Robert Hirsch as Pierre Gringoire

Robert Hirsch

Pierre Gringoire

Philippe Clay as Clopin Trouillefou

Philippe Clay

Clopin Trouillefou

Maurice Sarfati as Jehan Frollo

Maurice Sarfati

Jehan Frollo

Jean Tissier as Louis XI

Jean Tissier

Louis XI

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