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- Live-action adaptation of Disney's animated musical version of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.
- DirectorMauro BorrelliStarsSteven BerkoffMãdãlina GheneaRalf MoellerThe deformed Paris bellringer Quasimodo and his doomed love quadrangle with the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda, the crazed archdeacon Frollo and the dashing military captain Phoebus.
- StarsDominic WestDavid OyelowoAdeel AkhtarTelevision adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
- DirectorBradley RaymondStarsJason AlexanderJennifer Love HewittTom HulceQuasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.
- StarsGérard DepardieuChristian ClavierJohn MalkovichEx-convict Jean Valjean's pursuit of redemption and peace clashes with Javert's rigid enforcement of law. Their conflict impacts lives, including Fantine's daughter Cosette, against the backdrop of 19th-century France.
- DirectorGilles AmadoStarsHélène SégaraDaniel LavoieBruno PelletierA musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quasimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsLiam NeesonGeoffrey RushUma ThurmanValjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsMandy PatinkinRichard HarrisSalma HayekBased on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsDemi MooreJason AlexanderMary Kay BergmanA deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsJean-Paul BelmondoMichel BoujenahAlessandra MartinesA variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered Jean Valjean.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsRichard JordanAnthony PerkinsCyril CusackJean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraCedric HardwickeIn 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerAlan HumeStarsAnthony HopkinsDerek JacobiDavid SuchetDisfigured man Quasimodo (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feared and tormented by the townspeople of Notre Dame, but he has a sensitive nature of which few are aware.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsFredric MarchCharles LaughtonCedric HardwickeIn early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
- DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsWilliam V. RanousMaurice CostelloHazel NeasonJean Valjean, a good and decent man who has nevertheless been convicted of a crime, escapes incarceration and lives for years shadowed by the vindictive and merciless man of the law, Javert.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsHenry KraussHenri ÉtiévantLéon BernardFirst feature length French film adaptation of the story of former convict Jean Valjean who is hunted down by ruthless inspector Javert in mid 19th century France. Released in four parts, like a serial.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsWilliam FarnumGeorge MossHardee KirklandJean Valjean, a good and decent man who has committed a minor crime, is imprisoned but escapes. He is pursued thereafter for years by Javert, the cruel and implacable arm of the law.
- DirectorHenri FescourtStarsGabriel GabrioPaul JorgeSandra MilovanoffJean Valjean is a good man who is nevertheless convicted and imprisoned for a minor offense. When he escapes, he is pursued for decades by the unrelenting lawman, Javert.
- DirectorRaymond BernardStarsHarry BaurCharles VanelPaul AzaïsThe lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsGino CerviValentina CorteseHans HinrichJean Valjean, pursued through the years for a minor infraction by the implacable policeman Javert, attempts to create a life for himself and for his adopted daughter Cosette amid the revolutionary struggles of France.
- DirectorJean-Paul Le ChanoisStarsJean GabinBernard BlierRené FleurJean Valjean, convicted of a minor crime, spends the rest of his life being pursued by a cruel and unrelenting policeman, Javert.
- DirectorRobert HosseinStarsLino VenturaJean CarmetMichel BouquetThe story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsHenry KraussStacia NapierkowskaRené Alexandre1911 adaption of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in which three men around the Notre Dame Cathedral are romantically interested in Esmeralda, a Romani girl: Commander Phöebus, Quasimodo the bell ringer and archdeacon Claude Frollo.
- DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLon ChaneyPatsy Ruth MillerNorman KerryIn 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsGina LollobrigidaAnthony QuinnJean DanetThe timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
- DirectorJulius HerskaStarsFranz HöblingNora GregorLucienne DelacroixFrance in the late 1600s, the son of a widowed lord is kidnapped by gypsies, who carve a permanent grin on the child's face. When the deformed boy grows up, he falls in love with a blind girl named Dea, and joins a touring company as a performer. Calling himself Gwynplaine, he develops an act in which he reveals his hideous face to the crowds for money. A sexually perverse, seductive socialite named Josiane becomes attracted to him and seeks to possess him.
- DirectorPaul LeniStarsMary PhilbinConrad VeidtJulius MolnarWhen a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsJean SorelLisa GastoniIlaria OcchiniAngelo is a man with a disfigurement in form of a slash across his mouth. While he deals with this, he falls for a beautiful girl named Dea.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsGérard DepardieuMarc-André GrondinEmmanuelle SeignerA freak show performer's life is turned upside down when he is discovered to be the missing son of a disgraced noble.
- DirectorMitchell LichtensteinStarsJena MaloneJanet McTeerEd StoppardA couple living in Victorian London endures an unusual series of psychological and supernatural happenings following the birth of their child.
- DirectorWalther Neto
- StarsJ. Warren KerriganVera SissonMarc B. RobbinsCaptain Eric Scott refuses to put to sea in the unseaworthy craft, "Alden Bess." The captain's daughter, Jessie, loves, and is loved, by Jack, the shipowner's son. The shipowner is not averse to his own carrying on a flirtation with Jessie, but when he discovers that Jack's intentions are serious he advises Jack that if he marries the girl he will be disowned. Jack marries Jessie and is disowned. Six months later he finds himself with a wife on his hands and unable to get work. He appeals to his father in vain. The owner of the "Alden Bess" has engaged a new captain and crew and the rotten plank is ready to sail. As a last resort in his search for work, Jack joins the crew. His wife, Jessie, carries the news to her father and Captain Scott rushes to the shipowner. "Your son is a sailor on the 'Alden Bess,'" says Scott. "Does your insurance cover him?" The shipowner becomes frantic. The father's love triumphs over the financier's inhumanity. He takes a motorboat and goes after the schooner. He promises his son that if he will desert the old ship all will be forgiven. "If it is unsafe for me, it is unsafe for all," answered Jack. Needless to say, it was found unsafe for all and that was the end of the "Alden Bess." She was scrapped.
- DirectorLorenzo OnoratiStarsLucia PratoCarmen Di PietroGala OrlovaAfter the death of her husband, Countess Lucrezia Borgia seeks to become the first lady of the Kingdom. To do so, she seduces any influential man with the help of her perverse circle and lead them in a spiral of lust and scheme.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsEdwige FeuillèreGabriel GabrioMaurice EscandeAt the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to attempt to unify the country in order to become even more powerful. To this end he needs his sister Lucrezia. Presently, the beautiful creature is married to the Count of Pesaro but she would be more useful if she was the wife of Alphonse of Aragon. Never mind, let the Count join his ancestors! And when the Duke of Aragon becomes useless, Cesare easily finds his replacement. Used as a pawn by her brother, Lucrezia eventually renounces happiness and becomes patron of the arts and the letters/
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsDanielle DarrieuxJean MaraisMarcel HerrandExiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...
- DirectorMike FiggisStarsKaty Louise SaundersBenn NorthoverTommaso RamenghiDirector Mike Figgis, produces a film inspired by Donizetti's famous opera Lucrezia Borgia. Figgis simultaneously directed an on stage opera of Donizetti's classic and a dark, erotic, melancholic film version. Figgis' film follows the early years preceding the events depicted in Donizetti's classic opera narrative. Examining the incest and jealousy between Lucrezia Borgia, her brother Cesare, her servant Calderon and her father the Pope.
- DirectorRoberto Bianchi MonteroStarsSirpa LaneGeorge HiltonMaría SalernoA thief captures Duke of Riviera, decides to impersonate him and head to Rome.
- DirectorMario CaseriniGerolamo Lo SavioStarsFrancesca BertiniMaria CaseriniMaria JacobiniAbout the daughter of the Borgia, a noble medieval house. From her numerous and unhappy weddings, to the forced monacation, to the will of her family.
- DirectorJacques WeberStarsCarole BouquetGérard DepardieuJacques WeberMadrid, 1699, during the reign of Charles II. Blas, a hired commoner, dares to love the queen. The plot centers on Bazan's prank on Queen Maria Neuburg in revenge for the fact that she despised him.
- DirectorClaude BarmaStarsAnne DoatJean-François PoronJean Topart
- CreatorIris BucherStarsYannick ChoiratIsabelle CarréErika Sainte1848, Paris under Siege: Victor Hugo is torn between his family, his mistresses and political turmoil - never mind finally completing his classic novel Les Miserables. Although Hugo is a confirmed Royalist, he supports the Republic and Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who is soon to become president, convinced that he will initiate social reforms. But when the new government is formed and Hugo is overlooked for office, he realizes that he has been used. Furious at the deception, he and his sons launch a daily newspaper to give the people a voice. Nor is it less chaotic on the home front, as he is juggling his love life between two mistresses and his long-suffering wife and mother of his children. When Napoléon seizes power and his sons are jailed for insurrection, Hugo insists that his wife and daughter leave Paris, where he remains, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the resistance. Openly denouncing repression, he is declared Enemy of the State and has to face disgrace and exile.