Quasimodo (1939)
La Guerre de Cent Ans ayant pris fin, la France connaît enfin la paix. Mais alors que les gitans continuent à être chassés de partout, Esmeralda, une danseuse bohémienne d’une rare beauté, réussit à s’introduire dans Paris avec pour but de défendre son peuple auprès du roi Louis XI, souverain plus ouvert que ses prédécesseurs. Elle devient l’objet de nombreuses convoitises, celle de Frollo, l’intransigeant conseiller du roi, de Phoebus, un soldat gouailleur, mais aussi du bossu Quasimodo, le sonneur de cloches de Notre-Dame tombé amoureux d’elle depuis le jour où elle le prit en pitié alors, qu’attaché au pilori, il était devenu la risée du peuple. Une fois délivré, il va se faire le protecteur d’Esmeralda alors qu’elle est accusée de meurtre.
Directeur:
William Dieterle
écrivain:
Sonya Levien
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Charles Laughton as The Hunchback Quasimodo |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Frollo |
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Thomas Mitchell as Clopin |
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Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda |
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Edmond O'Brien as Gringoire |
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Alan Marshal as Phoebus |
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Walter Hampden as Archdeacon |
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Harry Davenport as King Louis XI |
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Katharine Alexander as Madame de Lys |
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George Zucco as Procurator |
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Fritz Leiber as Old Nobleman |
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Etienne Girardot as Doctor |
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Helene Reynolds as Fleur de Lys |
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Minna Gombell as Queen of Beggars |
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Arthur Hohl as Olivier |
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Curt Bois as Student |
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George Tobias as Beggar |
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Rod La Rocque as Phillippe |
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Spencer Charters as Court Clerk |
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Kathryn Adams as Fleur's Companion #1 |
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Diane Hunter as Fleur's Companion #2 |
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Sig Arno as Tailor |
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Frank Mills as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Dewey Robinson as Butcher (uncredited) |
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Frank Mazzola as Child (uncredited) |
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Alan Copeland as Choirboy (uncredited) |
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Arthur Millett as Count Graville (uncredited) |
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Ferdinand Munier as Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
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Barlowe Borland as Dubois (uncredited) |
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Victor Kilian as Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited) |
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James Fawcett as Festival Ball-Walker (uncredited) |
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Alan Spear as Festival Contortionist (uncredited) |
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Ward Shattuck as Festival Juggler (uncredited) |
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Ray Long as Festival Skeleton Dancer (uncredited) |
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Lillian Nicholson as Fleur's Servant (uncredited) |
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Gisela Werbisek as Grandmother (uncredited) |
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Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited) |
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Angela Mulinos as Helene (uncredited) |
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Lionel Belmore as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited) |
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Earl Clyde as Juggler (uncredited) |
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Thom Fox as Jupiter (uncredited) |
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Gretl Dupont as Lissy (uncredited) |
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Tempe Pigott as Madeleine (uncredited) |
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Nestor Paiva as Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited) |
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Arthur Dulac as Mars (uncredited) |
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Vallejo Gantner as Merchant (uncredited) |
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Charlie Hall as Mercury (uncredited) |
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George Barrows as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Peter Godfrey as Monk (uncredited) |
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Edward Groag as Moon (uncredited) |
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J. C. Fowler as Nobleman (uncredited) |
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Cy Kendall as Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited) |
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Charles Halton as Printer (uncredited) |
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Norbert Schiller as Saturn (uncredited) |
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Eddie Abdo as Singer (uncredited) |
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Alexander Granach as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Edmund Cobb as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Ralph Dunn as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Eddie Bracken as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited) |
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Harold DeGarro as Stilt Walker (uncredited) |
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Louis Zamperini as Street Urchin (uncredited) |
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John George as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Rondo Hatton as Ugly Man (uncredited) |
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Vangie Beilby as 'Ugly Man' Contestant #1 (uncredited) |
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Russ Powell as 'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited) |
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Louis Adlon as Venus (uncredited) |
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Paul Newlan as Whipper (uncredited) |
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Dick Dickinson as Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited) |
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Joseph P. Mack as Workman in Play (uncredited) |
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Charles Drake as Young Priest (uncredited) |
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Richard Clayton as Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited) |
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Billy Jones as (uncredited) |
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Theodore Lorch as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dew as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Margaret McWade as Younger Sister (uncredited) |
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Jack Perrin as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Hector V. Sarno as Knight (uncredited) |
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Margaret Seddon as Older Sister (uncredited) |
| Editing | Robert Wise | Editor |
| Writing | Victor Hugo | Novel |
| Camera | Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Hamilton | Editor |
| Directing | William Dieterle | Director |
| Production | Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
| Writing | Sonya Levien | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Department Head |
| Writing | Bruno Frank | Adaptation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Designer |
| Art | Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Sound | John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Will Price | Technical Advisor |