 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1956  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny, Robert Hirsch, Danielle Dumont, Philippe Clay, Maurice Sarfati, Jean Tissier, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Hilling, Jacques Dufilho, Roland Bailly, Roger Blin, Marianne Oswald
Anthony Quinn does a fine job as hunchback Quasimodo, the bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who tries to fetch gypsy Esmeralda (Gina Lollobrigida) for the Chief Justice Frollo (Alain Cuny). He does reach Esmeralda and falls in love with her, but his efforts to bring her to Frollo fail, and Quasimodo gets arrested. Now, Esmeralda runs to the arms of Phoebus (Jean Danet)–leaving Quasimodo heartbroken.
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Imperial Venus 1963  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Gabriele Ferzetti, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Giulio Bosetti, Gianni Santuccio, Elsa Albani, Andrea Bosic, Umberto Raho, Nando Tamberlani
Complex and sensual Paulette Bonaparte (Gina Lollobrigida) becomes involved in numerous sexual affairs during her brother Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) rise and ultimate fall from power.
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