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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

★ 6.7 (111 votes) | 1956 | 1h 55m
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Overview

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...

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date December 19, 1956
  • Budget $1,000,000
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Panitalia, Paris-Film Production

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Guillermo del Toro on THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1957)
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