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...
Paul Bonifas
Master LecornuAnthony Quinn
QuasimodoGina Lollobrigida
EsmeraldaJacques Dufilho
Guillaume RousseauJean Tissier
Louis XIJacques Hilling
Maitre CharmolueJean Danet
Phoebus de ChateaupersMalka Ribowska
Une femme à la fête des fous (uncredited)