The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 34th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. The plot centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and his struggle to gain acceptance into society.
Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn, the film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, and Mary Wickes in her final film role. Produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance, the film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films as its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide, lust, damnation, genocide, and sin, despite the changes made from the original source material in order to ensure a G rating received by the MPAA. The musical score was written by Alan Menken, with songs written by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, whom had previously collaborated on Pocahontas, released the year before.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released on June 21, 1996 to largely positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $325 million worldwide and becoming the fifth highest-grossing release of 1996. The film received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Menken's musical score. A darker, more Gothic stage adaptation of the film, was rewritten and directed by James Lapine and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical in Berlin, Germany, as Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, and ran from 1999 to 2002. A direct-to-video sequel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, was released in 2002.
Cast[]
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Quasimodo | Tom Hulce | Jorge Roig Jr. | Ishimaru Kanji | Marcelo Coutinho | Martin Watier | André Eisermann | Francis Lalanne | Massimo Ranieri | Tomasz Kozłowicz | László Lippai | Joakim Jennefors | Velimatti Ranta | Ola Fjellvikås | Anders GjellerupKoch | Viktor Dobronravov | Luis Posada | Rómulo Fragoso | Kim Seungjun | Alon Ofir | Burak Kut | |
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Esmeralda | Demi Moore | Rebeca Rambal | Hosaka Chizu | Mônica Rossi | Lara Fabian | Carin C. Tietze | Rebecca Dreyfus | Mietta | Agnieszka Pilaszewska | Básti Juli | Sharon Dyall | Tiina Lymi | Benedicte Adrian | Birgitte Simonsen | Yekaterina Guseva | Marta Barbará | Isabel Ribas | Chae Shi-Ra | Riki Gal | Sertab Erener | |
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Frollo | Tony Jay | Fernando Escandón | Kusaka Takeshi | Leonardo José | Ronald France | Klausjürgen Wussow | Jean Piat | Eros Pagni | Krzysztof Gosztyła | Helyey László | Stefan Ljungqvist | Ossi Ahlapuro | Even Stormoen | Stig Hoffmeyer | Igor' Balalayev | Constantino Romero | Mário Pereira | Kim ByeongGwan | Eli Gorenstein | 'Neco' Tahir NejatÖzyılmazel | |
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Phoebus | Kevin Kline | Salvador Delgado | Akutagawa Eiji | Dário de Castro | Daniel Picard | Jürg Löw | Emmanuel Jacomy | Roberto Pedicini | Andrzej Zieliński | Rátóti Zoltán | Roger Storm | CarlKristian Rundman | Nicolay LangeNielsen | Jens Jørn Spottag | Vsevolod Kuznetsov | Joaquim "Quim" Roca | Armando Carreras | Paulo B. | Seol Young-Beom | Ohad Shachar | Levent Özdilek |
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Clopin | Paul Kandel | Julio Sosa | Akihiko Mitsue | Cláudio Galvan | Mario Fraser | Heinz Rennhack | Bernard Alane | Carlo Ragone | Robert Rozmus | Maros Gábor | Mikael Grahn | Antti Pääkkönen | Sigve Bøe | Jess Ingerslev | Aleksey Ivashchenko | Pep Antón Muñoz | Jesús Castejón | André Maia | Kim Jae-Woo | Momi Levy | Ali Ekber Diribaş |
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Victor | Charles Kimbrough | Moisés Palacios | Imai Kiyotaka | Renato Rabelo | Pierre Chagnon | Peter Fricke | Bernard Alane | Sandro Pellegrini | Wiktor Zborowski | Borbély László | Peter Flack | Tuomas Mattila | Trond Brænne | Ulf Pilgaard | Aleksandr Marakulin | Antonio Crespo | Paulo Oom | Lee Ho-In | Sassi Keshet | Bülent Atak | |
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Hugo | Jason Alexander | Herman López | Haruta Atsushi | Mauro Ramos | Manuel Tadros | Hans RainerMüller | Michel Mella | Rodolfo Lagana | Marian Opania | Balász Péter | Jan Kronér | Ilkka Heiskanen | Brede Bøe | Per Pallesen | Yuriy Mazikhin | Óscar Mas | Salvador Aldeguer | José Raposo | Lee Yun-Sun | Yuval Zamir | Ahmet Eres |
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Laverne | Mary Wickes | Renée Victor | Suetsugu Misao | Nelly Amaral | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Alice Franz | Perrette Pradier | Liù Bosisio | Zofia Gładyszewska | Schubert Éva | Siw Malmkvist | Kristiina Elstelä | Turid Balke | Vigga Bro | Aleksandra Nazarova | Carmen Contreras | Maria José | Yoon Bok-Hee | Rikva Gur | Güzin Özipek | |
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Djali | Frank Welker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Archdeacon | DavidOgden Stiers | Tito Reséndiz | Matsumiya Gorō | Lafayette Galvão | Edgar Fruitier | Helmut Krauss | Dominique Tirmont | Franco Chillemi | Henryk Machalica | Szabó Gyula | Håkan Hagegård | Fredi | Thorbjørn Lindhjem | Bendt Reiner | Aleksey Kolgan | Joan Crosas | MiguelÁngel Jenner | Jorge SousaeCosta | Song Yong-Tae | Ami Mandelman | Ferdi Atuner |
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Quasimodo's Mother | Mary Kay Bergman | Fabiola Stevenson | Suetsugu Misao | Isis Koschdoski | Aline Pinsonneault | Irina von Bentheim | Nathalie Regnier | Paola Caviglia | Jolanta Grusznic | Kéri Kitty | Monica Forsberg | Annamari Metsävainio | Jannike Kruse | Diana Gordji Axelsen | Carme Alarcón | Marta Tamarit | Luísa Salgueiro | Lee Jin-Hwa | Lillian Barreto | Abide Avci | |
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Quasimodo's Father | Patrick Pinney | Anders Öjebo | |||||||||||||||||||
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Brutish Guard | Corey Burton | Arturo Casanova | Domício Costa | Bernard Fortin | Jan Spitzer | Roberto Draghetti | Peter Wanngren | Veikko Honkanen | Harald Mæle | ||||||||||||
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Oafish Guard | Bill Fagerbakke | Raúl Carballeda | Johan Hedenberg | Seppo Pääkkönen | Ivar Nørve | Lars Thiesgaard | Carlos Freixo | ||||||||||||||
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Guard 1 | Jim Cummings | Alejandro Illescas | Veikko Honkanen | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||
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Guard 3 | Jim Cummings | Ricardo Hill | |||||||||||||||||||
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Brage Driver | Jim Cummings | Pekka Lehtosaari | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jacques | Jim Cummings | Eduardo Giaccardi | Veikko Honkanen | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||
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Gypsy 1 | Anabel Méndez | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gypsy 2 | Mary Kay Bergman | Toni Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||
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Baby Bird | Frank Welker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Old Heretic | Gary Trousdale | Ricardo Hill | Waldir Fiori | Mario Milita | Johan Hedenberg | Veikko Honkanen | Carlos Freixo | Efron Etkin | |||||||||||||
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Miller | Corey Burton | JuanAlfonso Carralero | Renato Cecchetto | ||||||||||||||||||
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Boy in Crowd | Debi Derryberry | Kalimba Marichal | |||||||||||||||||||
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Peasant Woman | Mickie McGowan | Diana Santos | |||||||||||||||||||
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Vendor | Mickie McGowan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Paris Citizen | Alejandro Illescas | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Paris Citizens | Phil Proctor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Quasimodo | Tom Hulce | Adrián Barba | Ishimaru Kanji | Marcelo Coutinho | Martin Watier | Hendrik Bruch | Francis Lalanne | Massimo Ranieri | Wojciech Dmochowski | Nyári Zoltán | Joakim Jennefors | Velimatti Ranta | Ola Fjellvikås | Kim Sandberg | Viktor Dobronravov | Daniel Anglès | Adel Hakki | António "Tó"Cruz | Nam GyeongJu | Alon Ofir | Burak Kut |
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Esmeralda | Heidi Mollenhauer | Fernanda Meade | Hosaka Chizu | Rosanah Fienngo | Lara Fabian | Ute Lemper | Claudia Benamou | Mietta | Anna Ścigalska | Koós Réka | Sharon Dyall | Tiina Lymi | Benedicte Adrian | Evy Krogh | Yekaterina Guseva | Àngels Gonyalons | Sol Pilas | Dora Figaldo | Moon HuiGyeong | Riki Gal | Sertab Erener |
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Frollo | Tony Jay | Fernando Escandón | Mura Toshihide | Rodrigo Esteves | Yves Lapierre | Klausjürgen Wussow | Jean Piat | Eros Pagni | Krzysztof Gosztyła | Szvétek László | Stefan Ljungqvist | Ossi Ahlapuro | Paul Åge Johannessen | Niels Weyde | Igor' Balalayev | Constantino Romero | José deOliveiraLopes | Lee SeongHun | Eli Gorenstein | 'Neco' Tahir NejatÖzyılmazel | |
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Clopin | Paul Kandel | Julio Sosa | Akihiko Mitsue | Pedro deSaintGermain | Mario Fraser | Heinz Rennhack | Bernard Alane | Carlo Ragone | Robert Rozmus | Maros Gábor | Mikael Grahn | Antti Pääkkönen | Sigve Bøe | Jess Ingerslev | Aleksey Ivashchenko | Pep Antón Muñoz | Jesús Castejón | André Maia | Kim Jae-Woo | Momi Levy | Timur Doğanay |
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Victor | Charles Kimbrough | Moisés Palacios | Imai Kiyotaka | Renato Rabelo | Vincent Potel | Peter Fricke | Bernard Alane | Michele Centonze | Wiktor Zborowski | Borbély László | Peter Flack | Tuomas Mattila | Trond Brænne | Ulf Pilgaard | Aleksandr Marakulin | Jordi Doncos | JuanManuel Escamilla | Paulo Oom | You Hee-Seong | Sassi Keshet | Bülent Atak |
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Hugo | Jason Alexander | JoséFrancisco López | Haruta Atsushi | Mauro Ramos | Manuel Tadros | Hans RainerMüller | Michel Mella | Renzo Ferrini | Marian Opania | Balász Péter | Lars Kronér | Ilkka Heiskanen | Brede Bøe | Per Pallesen | Yuriy Mazikhin | Óscar Mas | Salvador Aldeguer | José Raposo | Lee Hui-Jeong | Yuval Zamir | Ahmet Eres |
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Laverne | Jane Withers | Reneé Victor | Suetsugu Misao | Nelly Amaral | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Alice Franz | Perrette Pradier | Liù Bosisio | Zofia Gładyszewska | Schubert Éva | Siw Malmkvist | Kristiina Elstelä | Turid Balke | Vigga Bro | Aleksandra Nazarova | Carmen Contreras | Aidé Martins | Yoon Bok-Hee | Rikva Gur | Güzin Özipek | |
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Archdeacon | DavidOgden Stiers | Alejandro Villeli | Sagawa Morimasa | Lafayette Galvão | Edgar Fruitier | Helmut Krauss | Dominique Tirmont | Franco Chillemi | Jerzy Mahler | Sárkány Kázmér | Håkan Hagegård | Fredi | Thorbjørn Lindhjem | Bendt Reiner | Aleksey Kolgan | Joan Crosas | MiguelÁngel Jenner | Jorge Sousa e Costa | Song Yong-Tae | Ami Mandelman | Ferdi Atuner |