#1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Storyline: King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Frollo gazes on the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in the church during Fool's Day and sends Quasimodo to catch her. Quasimodo, with the girl, is captured by Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, who frees the girl. The courts sentence Quasimodo to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. Later, at a party of nobles, Esmeralda again meets both Frollo, who is bewitched by her, and Phoebus. When Phoebus is stabbed to death, Esmeralda is accused of the murder, convicted by the court and sentenced to hang. Clopin, King of the Beggars; Gringoire, Esmeralda's husband; and Quasimodo, the bellringer, all try different ways to save her from the gallows.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: gypsy, bishop, beautiful woman, monster, hunchback, suspenseful, passionate ...

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#2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Storyline: In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lovely gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

Plot Keywords: quasimodo, gypsy, soldier, judge, gargoyle, dark, engaging ...

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#3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957)

Storyline: 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...—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: hunchback, gypsy, dark, sultry, melodramatic, notre dame cathedral, surrealism ...

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#4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)

Storyline: Neville Harmer thinks his troubles are over when his wheel-chair bound father meets with an untimely death due to Neville's negligence leaving him with a hefty inheritance. But stipulations in the will means that Neville will have to continue to run his father's sawmill and live in his house or forfeit the inheritance. But the house has a dark history where many unexplained things occur causing many to question their sanity.—tenebrae70

Plot Keywords: quasimodo, gypsy, priest, soldier, poet, melodramatic, engaging ...

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