Overview
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...
DirectorJean Delannoy
ProducersRaymond Hakim
ScreenplayJacques Prévert, Jean Aurenche
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LanguageFrench
Production companiesPanitalia, Paris-Film Production
Budget1000000
TaglineThe timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
