1 Movie Starring Jean Danet

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-11-03

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1616 Reviews)

Director:

Jean Delannoy

Cast:

Writer:

Victor Hugo (novel)

Jean Aurenche

Jacques Prèvert

Fullplot:

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...

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