Story :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...
Cast
Gina LollobrigidaEsmeralda
Anthony QuinnQuasimodo
Alain CunyClaude Frollo
Jean DanetPhoebus de Chateaupers
DamiaThe Beggar
Marianne OswaldLa Falourdel
Danielle DumontFleur de Lys
Valentine TessierAloyse de Gondelaurier
Robert HirschPierre Gringoire
Philippe ClayClopin Trouillefou
Maurice SarfatiJehan Frollo
Jean TissierLouis XI
Jacques HillingMaitre Charmolue
Boris VianThe Cardinal
Madeleine BarbuléeMadame Outarde
Jacques DufilhoGuillaume Rousseau
Roger BlinMathias Hungadi
PiéralThe Dwarf
Roland BaillyThe Hangman
Robert LombardJacques Coppenole
Hubert de LapparentGuillaume de Harancourt
Paul BonifasMaster Lecornu
Albert RémyJupiter
Georges DoukingA Thief
Albert MichelNight Watchman
Camille GuériniThe President
Malka RibowskaUne femme à la fête des fous (uncredited)
Nadine TallierUne fille à la 'Cour des Miracles' (uncredited)