The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 3,317 VOTES · DIR. Jean Delannoy

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Overview

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 988 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:41 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
00:06:05 but in Antwerp you had no arms!
00:09:59 Esmeralda?!
00:17:48 It's like the bells. Like thunder and lightning!
00:24:57 Goodnight, Sun.
00:28:58 But justice must be done!
00:32:09 I'll take him.
00:35:30 Help her with her writing!
00:39:57 I have tried medicine and astrology: nothing!
00:42:37 Master, don't take it to heart.
00:47:09 but can also write.
00:51:04 - Tonight? - Where?
00:53:45 So what's new?
00:57:48 Had I a sister, I'd love you more.
01:01:24 tell us of the dark man who came and went like magic!
01:04:17 It's of no matter. I'm happy nonetheless.
01:07:28 and from there to the Place de Grève
01:13:48 Make yourself at home.
01:19:31 I know. I realise now.
01:29:08 To think that a pagan creature of the Devil
01:32:02 Are you happy?
01:35:13 - Not exactly, but... - Whatever! Just do it!
01:38:45 This fear of fear...
01:46:47 So I won't go!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed988
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:41
Final line01:46:47

Production Record

DirectorJean Delannoy
LanguageFrench
Budget$1,000,000
IMDb votes3,317