Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
Elenco: Gina Lollobrigida , Anthony Quinn , Jean Danet , Damia , Marianne Oswald , Danielle Dumont , Valentine Tessier , Alain Cuny , Robert Hirsch , Philippe Clay , Maurice Sarfati , Jean Tissier , Jacques Hilling , Boris Vian , Madeleine Barbulée , Jacques Dufilho , Roger Blin , Piéral , Roland Bailly , Robert Lombard , Hubert de Lapparent , Paul Bonifas , Albert Rémy , Georges Douking , Albert Michel , Camille Guérini , Malka Ribowska , Nadine Tallier .