Victor Hugo’s timeless tale of tortured passion filmed for the first time in color! In this opulent, luxuriously-lensed adaptation from noted French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, Anthony Quinn gives a nuanced, tour-de-force performance as the tragic titular bell-ringer while Gina Lollobrigida is the object of his desire, the dancing gypsy Esmeralda.
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