- HD 1080
- Runtime: 115m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Jean Delannoy
- Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Alain Cuny, Jean Danet, Damia
- keywords: paris, france, gypsy, obsession, cathedral, false accusations, hunchback
- Production_studio: Panitalia, Paris-Film Production
- Slogan: The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
- The The Hunchback of Notre Dame is featured in the top rankings of 1956
- #63 in Top Drama Movies of 1956
- #3 in Top Horror Movies of 1956
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...