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Director:
Jean Delannoy
Writers:
Victor Hugo (novel)
Jean Aurenche (writer) ...
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Release Date:
3 November 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Horror more
Plot:
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not bad at all more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Il gobbo di Notre Dame (Italy)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (USA)
Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for violence and sensuality.
Runtime:
115 min | USA:104 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | France:U | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-11 (2001 rating) | Finland:K-12 (1974 rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1996) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13
Company:
Panitalia more

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Trivia:
Shot simultaneously in French and English-speaking version, but it looks as if the English one was not used. more
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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad at all, 21 July 2002
7/10
Author: danpatter2002 from Houston, TX

This version of the Hugo novel is more faithful in both tone and plot than is the earlier Charles Laughton version. That said, it's not nearly as much fun.

La Lollo is quite fetching and earnest as Esmeralda and gives an effective, if slightly bosom-heaving, performance. Quinn, with his simian features accented by makeup, is a good Hunchback. He doesn't milk the role for pathos, and let's the viewer see several sides to Quasimodo. Alain Cuny is dark and brooding as Frollo, but he doesn't register as vividly as Cedric Hardwick in the earlier version.

Then there's some pretty bad acting from others in cast, but the script is pretty flat and misses some good opportunities. In the earlier version, Laughton (his double, actually) swings across the plaza, scoops up Esmeralda (the gorgeous Maureen O'Hara) and swings back into the church. Quinn just shinnies down a rope and yanks Lollo into the church. More probable, perhaps, but not so exciting.

It's a gorgeous, colorful widescreen epic, nicely served by the DVD release. It's not a sentimental movie; neither is the novel. And it's worth a kind look.

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