Derivative Works / The Hunchback of Notre Dame

This page lists the various adaptations and works derived from Victor Hugo's seminal novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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Original Work

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel, 1831)

Adaptations & Derivative Works

Film — Animated

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1986, Burbank Animation)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996, Disney). Inspired an onslaught of mockbusters as seen below.
  • The franchise that was started by the above.
• Der Glockner Von Notre Dame (1996)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996, Golden Films)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996, Jetlag Animation)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Burbank Animation) (1996)
• The Secret of the Hunchback (1996)

Film — Live-Action

• Esmeralda (1905): A French silent film starring Denise Becker as Esmeralda and Henry Vorins as Quasimodo. The first ever movie adaptation of the novel, it is now a lost film.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911): A French silent film starring Henry Krauss as Quasimodo and Stacia Napierkowska as Esmeralda. It too is now a lost film.
• The Darling of Paris (1917): An American silent film starring Theda Bara as Esmeralda and Glen White as Quasimodo. Like most of Bara's movies, it is now a lost film. Reportedly, it deviated greatly from the novel, making Quasimodo less ugly and ending with Esmeralda marrying him.
• Esmeralda (1922): A British silent film starring Sybil Thorndike as Esmeralda and Booth Conway as Quasimodo. It is now (sensing a pattern?) a lost film.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923): An American silent film starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda. This is the oldest surviving film version.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939): An American film in black and white starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo, Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda, and Cedric Hardwicke as Jean Frollo. This is the first sound version.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956): A French film starring Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo and Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda. First color version of the story.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976): A British television film starring Warren Clarke as Quasimodo.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982): A British-American television film produced by Norman Rosemont and Malcolm J. Christopher. It featured Anthony Hopkins as Quasimodo and Derek Jacobi as Frollo.
• The Hunchback (1997): A New Zealand television film produced by Stephane Reichel and directed by Peter Medak, it starred Mandy Patinkin as Quasimodo, Salma Hayek as Esmeralda, and Richard Harris as Frollo.
• Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999): A French comedy film set in then-modern day (The '90s) directed by and starring Patrick Timsit as Quasimodo. It also stars Richard Berry as Frollo and Mélanie Thierry as Esmeralda.
• Quasi (2023): An American comedy film by the Broken Lizard team.

Literature

• Crossed (2023): a dark contemporary romance novel written be Emily McIntire.

Live-Action TV

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1977)

Music

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a concept album by Dennis DeYoung.

Theatre

• La Esmeralda (1836): An opera composed by Louise Bertin, also written by Victor Hugo.
• La Esmeralda (1844): A ballet composed by Cesare Pugni.
• Notre-Dame de Paris (1998): A musical written by Luc Plamondon and composed by Richard Cocciante.

Video Games

• Hunchback (1983)

Western Animation

• The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo (1996)

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