The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1956 film about a deformed bellringer and his love for a gypsy girl.

Directed by Jean Delannoy. Written by Jacques Prévert. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.

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Esmeralda

• [dying] Life is wonderful.

Taglines

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About

• It really marked my childhood and became a sentimental favorite of mine.
• You can see in these scenes why my interest was growing as a child, because I was introduced to the birds and the bees and those mysteries. Gina Lollobrigida who made up in certain departments what she lacked in actoral skills.
  • Guillermo del Toro, Commentary on Trailer (February 13, 2014)

Cast

• Gina Lollobrigida — Esmeralda
• Anthony Quinn — Quasimodo
• Jean Danet — Phoebus de Chateaupers
• Alain Cuny — Claude Frollo
• Robert Hirsch — Pierre Gringoire
• Danielle Dumont — Fleur de Lys
• Philippe Clay — Clopin Trouillefou
• Maurice Sarfati — Jehan Frollo
• Jean Tissier — King Louis XI
• Valentine Tessier — Aloyse de Gondelaurier
• Jacques Hilling — Maitre Charmolue
• Jacques Dufilho — Guillaume Rousseau
• Roger Blin — Mathias Hungadi Spicali
• Marianne Oswald — La Falourdel
• Roland Bailly — The Hangman
• Piéral — The Dwarf
• Camille Guérini — The President
• Damia — The Beggar
• Robert Lombard — Jacques Coppenole
• Albert Rémy — Jupiter
• Hubert de Lapparent — Guillaume de Harancourt
• Boris Vian — Cardinal Charles of Bourbon

External links

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Rotten Tomatoes