The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Production
Budget
$1 000 000
Revenue
$2 250 000
Director
Actors
Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Alain Cuny, Jean Danet, Damia, Marianne Oswald, Danielle Dumont, Valentine Tessier, Robert Hirsch, Philippe Clay
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Raymond Hakim
Operator
Michel Kelber
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
In 1482 Paris, Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, becomes infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protégé and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he's involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the Devil's work.
What's left behind the scenes
- Anthony Quinn’s (1915-2001) role was not dubbed into French, which was rare for foreign actors at the time.
- The scene of Quasimodo's coronation was filmed in two versions for different releases of the film. In the original French version, he was made "Pope of Fools," as in Victor Hugo’s novel (1831) (1802-1885). In the English version, Quasimodo was named "King of Fools" because the Hays Code in the United States prohibited mockery of clergy. (This refers to the ethical code of film production in Hollywood, adopted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America and becoming the unofficial de facto national standard of the United States in 1934.)
- The scene of Quasimodo's coronation was filmed in two versions for different releases of the movie. In the original French version, he was made the "Roman Pope of Fools," as in the novel (1831) by Victor Hugo (1802-1885). In the English version, Quasimodo was called the "King of Fools" because the "Hays Code" in the US prohibited mocking clergy. (This refers to the ethical code for film production in Hollywood, adopted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association, which became the unofficial national standard of the US in 1934.)
- Anthony Quinn's (1915-2001) role was not dubbed into French, which was a great rarity for the performances of foreign actors at that time.
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