Quasimodo

Quasimodo

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1939-08-31 113 min ★ 7.3

La Guerre de Cent Ans ayant pris fin, la France connaît enfin la paix. Mais alors que les gitans continuent à être chassés de partout, Esmeralda, une danseuse bohémienne d’une rare beauté, réussit à s’introduire dans Paris avec pour but de défendre son peuple auprès du roi Louis XI, souverain plus ouvert que ses prédécesseurs. Elle devient l’objet de nombreuses convoitises, celle de Frollo, l’intransigeant conseiller du roi, de Phoebus, un soldat gouailleur, mais aussi du bossu Quasimodo, le sonneur de cloches de Notre-Dame tombé amoureux d’elle depuis le jour où elle le prit en pitié alors, qu’attaché au pilori, il était devenu la risée du peuple. Une fois délivré, il va se faire le protecteur d’Esmeralda alors qu’elle est accusée de meurtre.

Director William Dieterle

Trailer

Cast

Paul Newlan
Paul Newlan
Whipper (uncredited)
Richard Clayton
Richard Clayton
Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Dewey Robinson
Butcher (uncredited)
Barlowe Borland
Barlowe Borland
Dubois (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Russ Powell
'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Margaret McWade
Younger Sister (uncredited)
Alan Marshal
Alan Marshal
Phoebus
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber
Old Nobleman
Sig Arno
Sig Arno
Tailor
Harry Cording
Harry Cording
Guard (uncredited)
Etienne Girardot
Etienne Girardot
Doctor
Arthur Hohl
Arthur Hohl
Olivier
Rod La Rocque
Rod La Rocque
Phillippe
Kenner G. Kemp
Kenner G. Kemp
Townsman (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
Dick Dickinson
Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Theodore Lorch
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Tobias
George Tobias
Beggar
Frank Mills
Frank Mills
Beggar (uncredited)
Peter Godfrey
Peter Godfrey
Monk (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller
Norbert Schiller
Saturn (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Jack Perrin
Minor Role (uncredited)
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
Esmeralda
Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander
Madame de Lys
Diane Hunter
Diane Hunter
Fleur's Companion #2
Charlie Hall
Charlie Hall
Mercury (uncredited)
George Zucco
George Zucco
Procurator
Rondo Hatton
Rondo Hatton
Ugly Man (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Margaret Seddon
Older Sister (uncredited)
Helene Reynolds
Helene Reynolds
Fleur de Lys
Minna Gombell
Minna Gombell
Queen of Beggars
Tempe Pigott
Tempe Pigott
Madeleine (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb
Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Ferdinand Munier
Ferdinand Munier
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
George Barrows
George Barrows
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Drake
Charles Drake
Young Priest (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport
King Louis XI
Alexander Granach
Alexander Granach
Soldier (uncredited)
John George
John George
Townsman (uncredited)
Louis Adlon
Louis Adlon
Venus (uncredited)
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
Frollo
Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Cy Kendall
Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
Printer (uncredited)
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Clopin
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
Gringoire
Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters
Court Clerk
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken
Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)
Curt Bois
Curt Bois
Student
Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian
Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Ralph Dunn
Soldier (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Eddie Dew
Minor Role (uncredited)
Walter Hampden
Walter Hampden
Archdeacon
Kathryn Adams
Kathryn Adams
Fleur's Companion #1