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...
Genre : DramaHistoryHorror
Runtime : 115 mins
Release Date : 1956-12-19
(Esmeralda)
(Quasimodo)
(Claude Frollo)
(Phoebus de Chateaupers)
(The Beggar)
(La Falourdel)
(Fleur de Lys)
(Aloyse de Gondelaurier)
(Pierre Gringoire)
(Clopin Trouillefou)
(Jehan Frollo)
(Louis XI)
(Maitre Charmolue)
(The Cardinal)
(Madame Outarde)
(Guillaume Rousseau)
(Mathias Hungadi)
(The Dwarf)
(The Hangman)
(Jacques Coppenole)
(Guillaume de Harancourt)
(Master Lecornu)
(Jupiter)
(A Thief)
(Night Watchman)
(The President)
(Une femme à la fête des fous (uncredited))
(Une fille à la 'Cour des Miracles' (uncredited))