The Hunchback

"Why was I not made of stone like thee?" Quasimodo, bellringer of Paris' Notre dame Cathedral, is more hideously deformed than any of the nightmarish stone gargoyles adorning the famed building. Yet he is very much made of flash, blood and human emotion. The power and compassion of one of the most beloved novels of all time unfold triumphantly in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Chicago Hope Emmy-winner Mandy Patinkin plays Quasimodo, and Salma Hayek (Desperado, Fools Rush In) is Esmerelda, the spirited gypsy whose kindness awakens the ill-fated hunchback's higher nature. And Richard Harris (Camelot, Unforgiven) is Dom Frollo, whose priestly office hides his hypocrisy and cruelty. Against the turmoil of16th-century Paris, the destinies of these three play out in a timeless and uplifting story of courage, love and redemption.

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