History Film / TheHunchbackofNotreDame

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There have been numerous live-action film adaptations of Creator/VictorHugo's famous novel ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. These include:

* The French 1911 black-and-white {{silent|movie}} version starring Henry Krauss as Quasimodo and Stacia Napierkowska as Esmeralda. It is now a lost film.
* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1923}}'', the 1923 silent version starring Creator/LonChaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda.
* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1939}}'', the 1939 black & white sound film version starring Creator/CharlesLaughton as Quasimodo, Creator/MaureenOHara as Esmeralda and Creator/CedricHardwicke as Jean Frollo.
* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1956}}'' (1956), the first color film version, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn as Quasimodo and Creator/GinaLollobrigida as Esmeralda.
* The British 1976 television version starring Creator/WarrenClarke as Quasimodo.
* The British-American 1982 version produced by Norman Rosemont and Malcolm J. Christopher featured Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Quasimodo and Creator/DerekJacobi as Frollo.
* The 1997 television film produced by Stephane Reichel and directed by Peter Medak featured Creator/MandyPatinkin as Quasimodo, Creator/SalmaHayek as Esmeralda and Creator/RichardHarris as Frollo.
* ''Quasimodo d'El Paris'', a 1999 French comedy [[SettingUpdate set in modern day]] directed by and starring Patrick Timsit as Quasimodo. It also stars Richard Berry as Frollo and Mélanie Thierry as Esmeralda.
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!!Film adaptations in general:

* AdaptedOut:
** Sister Gudule/Paquette only appears in the 1923 film. In all other adaptations, Esmeralda is a gypsy by birth.
** Jehan does not appear in either the 1982 or 1997 versions.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Leading to AdaptationalHeroism or AdaptationalVillainy.
** In the book, Quasimodo is rather reclusive, and generally shuns the outside world. In the films, he is usually put in a more sympathetic light, and desires to be accepted by society.
** The exact opposite usually happens to Frollo. In his book form, he is, for the most part, benevolent but sexually frustrated, and his transformation into a villain is tragic. However, in the films, he is made into an all-out evil, sexually depraved monster from the start.
** In the novel, Gringoire is a pompous coward who abandons Esmeralda to her fate. In the film versions, he genuinely cares about Esmeralda and does everything he can to secure her release.
** In the book, Esmeralda is a naive and innocent [[TheIngenue Ingenue]]. This is unusual because of her upbringing, so most adaptations make her more savvy and worldly.
* AgeLift:
** Fleur-de-lys has never been portrayed as twelve with her either being Esmeralda's or Phoebus' age when she is portrayed on screen.
** Esmeralda is usually depicted as being in her 20s instead of being 16.
* BatteringRam: In all versions, Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame, and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.
* BittersweetEnding: In the 1923, 1982 and 1997 versions, Esmeralda is still alive and Frollo has been killed, but [[spoiler:Quasimodo is dead]].
* TheGrotesque: Quasimodo in all versions. Anthony Quinn's version is by far the least grotesque.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The 1923, 1939, 1956 and 1997 versions feature King Louis XI of France.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the 1939, 1982 and 1997 versions, Gringoire is the one Esmeralda falls in love with.
* RaceLift: In all adaptations besides the 1923 one, Esmeralda is a Gypsy by birth, rather than being a French girl raised by them.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Quasimodo in the 1939 version, and Esmeralda in the 1923, 1939, 1982 and 1997 versions.
* ATasteOfTheLash: Quasimodo gets flogged in all versions. Frollo does this to himself in the 1997 version.

!!1982 version:

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Quasimodo does this to Frollo.

!!1997 version:

* AdaptationalHeroism: Quasimodo doesn't try to kidnap Esmeralda; instead, he fights off the men Frollo hired to do the deed. Unfortunately, the guards think he's to blame.
* ChronicVillainy: After being forced to publicly confess and being forgiven by Quasimodo, a newly reformed Frollo relapses into homicidal madness upon seeing Esmeralda.
* DemotedToExtra: Phoebus is just a nameless guard. (Frollo frames Esmeralda for killing a minister who supports the printing press.)
* HelpMistakenForAttack: Quasimodo fights off the men Frollo hires to kidnap Esmeralda. Unfortunately, he does this ''before'' the soldiers arrive, so they believe that he's the one at fault and refuse to listen when Gringoire tells them that Quasimodo is innocent.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Quasimodo holds Frollo over the edge of Notre Dame, in order to make him confess to the murder for which Esmeralda was blamed.
* MurderByMistake: Frollo picks up a dagger to kill Esmeralda; Quasimodo intervenes and is unintentionally and fatally stabbed as a result.
* ThePenance: Frollo whips himself severely several times in a vain attempt to curb his desire for Esmeralda.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Esmeralda is released, the rioters end their siege of Notre Dame and happily escort her through Paris. Their dead and dying comrades are quickly forgotten.

* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1939}}'', the 1939 black & white sound version starring Creator/CharlesLaughton as Quasimodo, Creator/MaureenOHara as Esmeralda and Creator/CedricHardwicke as Jean Frollo.
* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1956}}'' (1956), the first color version, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn as Quasimodo and Creator/GinaLollobrigida as Esmeralda.

* ''Film/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|1956}}'', the first color version, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn as Quasimodo and Creator/GinaLollobrigida as Esmeralda.

* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956''

* The French 1911 black-and-white silent version starring Henry Krauss as Quasimodo and Stacia Napierkowska as Esmeralda. It is now a lost film.
* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923''
* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939''

* The French-Italian 1956 color version produced by Paris Film Productions and Panitalia featured Creator/AnthonyQuinn as Quasimodo and Creator/GinaLollobrigida as Esmeralda. [[TruerToTheText It is the closest to the book]].

!!1956 version:

* DownerEnding: This version is true to the book's ending.
* KickTheDog: The man who administers Quasimodo's flogging drinks from his pitcher of water, then Jehan Frollo refills it... before placing it only inches away from Quasimodo, who is unable to reach it. Happily, Esmeralda gives him a drink.
* TruerToTheText: This version is the closest to the book.

* Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923
* Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939

* AgeLift: Fleur-de-lys has never been portrayed as twelve with her either being Esmeralda's or Phoebus' age when she is portrayed on screen.

There have been numerous live-action film adaptations of Creator/VictorHugo's famous novel ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. In addition to the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]] and [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]] versions, there are:

* DemotedToExtra: Phobeus is just a nameless guard. (Frollo frames Esmeralda for killing a minister who supports the printing press.)

!!These films provide examples of:

* AdaptedOut:
** Sister Gudule/Paquette only appears in the 1923 film. In all other adaptations (live-action and animated), Esmeralda is a gypsy by birth.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the 1997 film, Quasimodo doesn't try to kidnap Esmeralda; instead, he fights off the men Frollo hired to do the deed. Unfortunately, [[HelpMistakenForAttack the guards think he's to blame]].
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Leading to AdaptationalHeroism, as above, or AdaptationalVillainy.

* BatteringRam: In all versions, Quasimodo drops a long piece of wood onto the rabble attacking Notre Dame and the rabble use it as an improvised battering ram.

* ChronicVillainy: In the 1997 film, after being forced to publicly confess and being forgiven by Quasimodo, a newly reformed Frollo relapses into homicidal madness upon seeing Esmeralda.
* DemotedToExtra: In the 1997 version, Phobeus is just a nameless guard (Frollo frames Esmeralda for killing a minister who supports the printing press). He has a more sizable role in the 1939 version, but is killed by Frollo halfway through the film.
* DownerEnding: The 1956 version, which is true to the book's ending.

* HelpMistakenForAttack: In the 1997 version, Quasimodo fights off the men Frollo hires to kidnap Esmeralda. Unfortunately, he does this ''before'' the soldiers arrive, so they believe that he's the one at fault, and refuse to listen when Gringoire tells them that Quasimodo is innocent.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: In the 1997 version, Quasimodo holds Frollo over the edge of Notre Dame, in order to make him confess to the murder for which Esmeralda was blamed.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Quasimodo does this to Frollo in the 1982 version.
* KickTheDog: In the 1956 version, the man who administers Quasimodo's flogging drinks from his pitcher of water, then Jehan Frollo refills it...before placing it only inches away from Quasimodo, who is unable to reach it. Happily, Esmeralda gives him a drink.
* MurderByMistake: In the 1997 film, Frollo picks up a dagger to kill Esmeralda; Quasimodo intervenes and is unintentionally and fatally stabbed as a result.
* ThePenance: Frollo whips himself severely several times in the 1997 film, in a vain attempt to curb his desire for Esmeralda.

* TruerToTheText: The 1956 film is the closest to the book.