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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 1956

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, History, Horror

User Score

67%

Original Title

Notre-Dame de Paris

Production Companies

Panitalia, Paris-Film Production

Director

Jean Delannoy

Budget

$1,000,000

Description

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...