The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( The Hunchback ) ( Quasimodo (The Hunch back) )

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Hunchback
Alternate Title: Quasimodo (The Hunch back)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Medak

Written By:
Victor Hugo
John Fasano

Actors:
Mandy Patinkin ..... Quasimodo
Richard Harris ..... Dom Frollo
Salma Hayek ..... Esmeralda
Edward Atterton ..... Gringoire
Benedick Blythe ..... Phoebus
Nigel Terry ..... King Louis
Jim Dale ..... Clopin
Trevor Baxter ..... Chief Lawyer
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Father Michel
Nickolas Grace ..... Gauchére
Matthew Sim ..... Crippled Man
Cassie Stuart ..... Colette
Gabi Fon ..... Queen Anne
Michael Mehlmann ..... Beggar (as Michael Mehlman)
Olga Antal ..... Woman in Crowd

Synopsis:

In medieval Paris, a deformed foundling named Quasimodo grows up under the care and tutelage of Dom Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Quasimodo is humpbacked, lame, and blind in a drooping eye - a human gargoyle who keeps to the shadows of the great church as its bellringer. But the tolling bells inflict upon him another handicap: deafness. On the Festival of Fools in the cathedral square, a crowd elects Quasimodo King of Fools, and a wag quips that the hunchback's attributes qualify him to become King of France. During the festival, a Gypsy woman of transcendent beauty, Esmeralda, dances for the crowd. Watching her sultry undulations from a cathedral niche, Frollo falls in lust with her. Quasimodo, too, is captivated by her, but in a childlike, innocent way. Though Frollo is a priest committed to celibacy, he decides he must possess Esmeralda, even at the expense of his immortal soul. But after realizing she is beyond his reach, he promotes her execution for a crime she did not commit. When the noose closes around her neck, Quasimodo swoops down on a rope from the façade of the church and rescues her, then ensconces her in the bell tower. The film concludes when mobs storm the church and Quasimodo defends it, believing the attackers will harm Esmeralda.

Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 15 December, 2012.