Victor Hugo’s epic novel Notre-Dame de Paris comes to life in this masterful film adaptation–The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Paris, 1482. At a time when the inevitable change of the coming Renaissance roils medieval France, the beauty of the poor, outcast gypsy Esmeralda (Maureen O’Hara) becomes an uncontrollable lure for corrupt High Justice Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke), valiant, handsome Captain Phoebus (Alan Marshall), impoverished poet Gringoire (Academy Award winner Edmund O’Brien) and, not least, the hideous, kind and noble hunchback, Quasimodo (Academy Award winner Charles Laughton). Now the desire these four men feel for Esmeralda will lead to tragedy in one of the greatest romantic dramas ever filmed.
Parading vivid and gruesome horror, with background of elaborate medieval pageantry and mob scenes, Hunchback of Notre Dame is a super thriller-chiller. – Variety
Starring Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O’Hara, Edmond O’Brien, Alan Marshal.
Note: The story is set in 1482, just before the start of the Tudor era. Not suggested for children. You may also be interested in [the 1983 version](http://amzn.to/1JIgks9): Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins stars in the adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic tale of unrequited love, hope and injustice. Set in the year 1450 against the background of the famed Paris cathedral, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME also stars Derek Jacobi, Leslie-Anne Down, Sir John Gielgud and Robert Powell.