Quasimodo tells Esmeralda that the pain is too much. The pair fight, leading to Frollo falling to his death, while Quasimodo narrowly survives by hanging onto the parapet. Quasimodo intervenes and is stabbed instead. However, Frollo, tempted again, attempts to stab her. Esmeralda is freed and goes to Notre Dame to thank Quasimodo. Believing he will gained absolution for his sins, Frollo shouts "It was I" leaving King Louis XI surprised. Hanging Frollo over the edge of a balcony on Notre Dame, Quasimodo forces him to confess his crime to the crowd below. He attempts to whip him again, but the hunchback finally stands up for himself.Įsmeralda is about to be hanged once more, but the Gypsies rebel against the higher classes and demand that she be set free.
Frollo reveals the truth of Quasimodo's origins and curses him as a freak. Frollo, refusing to help clear Esmeralda's name at Quasimodo's insistence, severely whips him. He confronts Frollo who admits that he turned Esmeralda over to the authorities. He gives his book to Gringoire to distribute to the citizens of Paris. Esmeralda confesses that she misses her goat Djali, so Quasimodo goes to the Court of Miracles to retrieve the goat. He introduces her to the bells of Notre Dame and tells her of his plans to write a 600-page book. Captain Phoebus and his guards storm the cathedral, but Quasimodo defends it by throwing things at them.Įsmeralda stays in Notre Dame and she and Quasimodo become close friends. Quasimodo saves her from being hanged and publicly declares sanctuary. Frollo tells her that he will spare her if she gives herself to him, but she refuses. Frollo takes the knife and stabs Minister Gauchére with it, believing the man to be a sinner for reading books other than the Bible.Įsmeralda is tried for the murder and found guilty after the metal boot torture. Terrified, she runs away, dropping her knife. A jealous Frollo disguises himself and reveals to Esmeralda the depths of his feelings to her. When he comes back to Notre Dame, he falls to the floor and cries while Frollo consoles him.Įsmeralda and Gringoire's sham marriage eventually grows into real love. As a result, he becomes deeply infatuated with her. Esmeralda later gives Quasimodo some water. Frollo ignores Quasimodo's pleas for help. Instead of helping him, they mock him further by shouting "Water" back at him. Quasimodo is left for public humiliation for one hour, during which the crowd throws fruit at him. Esmeralda begs King Louis XI to stop the torture, but the King regards her as not a "real woman" and refuses to listen to her. Gringoire ultimately is nearly hanged by the Roma for trespassing on the Court of Miracles, but Esmeralda says she will marry him in return for rescuing her.Īngered by Quasimodo's disobedience, Frollo allows Quasimodo to be whipped in public for attacking Esmeralda, even though he is innocent. They attempt to take her by force, but their plan is thwarted by Gringoire and Quasimodo, who protect her as Quasimodo is apprehended. Frollo stops the dance and scolds Quasimodo for leaving Notre Dame, telling him that if he ever goes outside the cathedral again, Frollo will not help him.įrollo, after whipping himself for his lustful thoughts towards Esmeralda, pays two guards to kidnap her. Both Frollo and Gringoire, a wandering poet, see her dancing, and both are entranced by her. A young Romani woman named Esmeralda honors Quasimodo with a dance. Twenty-five years later in 1505, on the day of the Feast of Fools, Quasimodo is named the King of Fools by Clopin, the King of the Roma. He names the baby "Quasimodo", and raises him as his son. In 1480 Paris, Dom Claude Frollo finds an abandoned, deformed baby boy on the steps of Notre Dame and takes pity on him, believing him to be sent by God. It stars Richard Harris as Claude Frollo, Salma Hayek as Esmeralda and Mandy Patinkin as Quasimodo, the titular hunchback of Notre Dame. The Hunchback (aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame) is a 1997 made-for-television romantic drama film based on Victor Hugo's iconic 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, directed by Peter Medak and produced by Stephane Reichel.
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