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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957)

Movie"The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo."
Audience Score
66
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...

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 3rd, 1957
Movie Budget:$1,000,000
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Panitalia, Paris-Film Production