The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 PART 6

[CrazyBellatrixify]

Poor Quasi.

Gringoire is cute in this film.

So is Frollo. LOL.

[Waszma]

Yes it is a very touching scene. He doesn't even know what he did wrong. But if you want to cry, you have to cry for the sub-humans who torture him. Their lives are so pathetic that they scurry out into the streets like cockroaches whenever someone is about to be abused or ridiculed. The scary thing is that there are so many parallels between the society depicted here, and 2011 America. "We don't need more prisons, we need more executions"! The many, live in fear of the few.

[somedaysdreamers13]

He didn't do anything wrong, why do they want to pick on him?I got to say he's really holding out on the whipping on his back.

[crazitaco]

poor quasimodo :(

this scene makes me wanna cry.

[JayBird4theW1N]

Heeeey! It's Uncle Billy from It's A Wonderful Life! :D

[NorthHallDawg]

The flogging scene has always haunted me in these movies. In the book Quasimodo was sentenced to be flogged for a whole hour. Now if this scene is in real time, the 50 lashes took about 5 minutes. If Quasi was flogged for a whole hour, like the novel describes, that would be in the neighborhood of 600 lashes. There is no way he could have survived.

[YourOasis97]

I still don't see what is so "admirable" about Frollo. To me he still is the villain while Phoebus is just a conniving male with a hard on.

[mahogonywhisper]

I want to hug Quasimodo :'(.

[Jazzelegance]

This is a commetary on society and still holds true today. People tend to follow groups and this is an example of that power, and that power takes away human decency for the group.

[Stardweller1]

@Jazzelegance That's why I love Victor Hugo's work. Les Miserables took place in the early 1800's but the issues described therein, like this book, are every bit as relevant today as they were then.

[GypsyGirlEsmerelda]

KYaahh!!! Aww Quasi!! I like what Gringoire and Clopin were saying in the beginning because man was it true...so so so true.

Movie is a little...tweaked. Jehan the Chief of Justice and his brother Claude the archbishop O.o And I think Disney went to this Frollo when they made the Disney one. SOO many similarities it's ridiculous.

[judgeclaudefrollo65]

frollo is amazing no matter what

[lizzyvance]

poor quasi ) :

[dianey121996]

i <3 frollo and this frollo reminds me of the cartoon one because of the hat the horse and the swerls on the side of his hair

[246zxc12]

Anyone paying any attention to what the O'Brien and Charles Mitchell characters are saying at the beginning of this clip?

[StellianAriolus]

Poor Frollo so "disappointed"... Meanwhile Quasimodo is being *whipped, humiliated, and BETRAYED by the person he considered his only friend.*

[girlgoneweirdo]

any movie buffs out there that know a good estimate of how much time it took for Mr. Laughton to look like that?

[punkkimiko]

awwww why do they look so happy when theyre wipping a poor deaf guy? and i think phoebes is the real villain. i wanted to kill him in the book version. Esmeralda wasnt so nice but she was a girl. a girl who sadly fell in love with that ass. this scene makes me cry :(

[africanzionflo]

10 stars for Charles Laughton. His role

as the hunchback was superb. Now I gotta go watch "Witness For The

Prosecution"

[StellianAriolus]

@africanzionflo Another great performance by Laughton, he also has great chemistry with wife Elsa Lanchester.

[99Gambo]

Esmeralda has never been equalled on the big or small screen. O'Hara is wonderful in this role.

[rustino08]

Charles Laughton deserves the Oscar for the greatest performance of the 20th century for this film. Even beneath many layers of latex and make-up he evokes the depths of human experinece, And when he swings across to save Esmeralda.... is there another more dramatic moment in Cinema history to rival it?

[StellianAriolus]

@rustino08 Lon Chaney is one of the few I can think of, but I prefer Laughton. =)

[christinedaae87]

this scene always makes me cry even when i read it in the book! xxx

[kijiji93]

:'( it's so sad when quasi is humiliated by the townspeople. i hate them

[beanbagproductions]

This film really touches my heartstrings

[romadona11]

In the book Esmerlada was kind to Quismado only once, when she offered water to him..after that she was only concerned about herself, and she paied no consideration to his feelings at all.

[StellianAriolus]

@romadona11 Is it any different in this movie?

[WickedOnTheInside]

This Esmeralda is so kind, I wish the novel version was more like her. But I guess Hugo wanted to point out that just because someone was beautiful didn't mean they were kind. (Hence Phoebus and Esmeralda in the book.)

[Alesetic]

Why people always do such a horrible thing to somebody who looks weak???

This film is so touching.

[samanddeanfan2009]

@Alesetic I am taking a class about things like this. They treat him so horribly because they don't understand his illness. they fear him as well as make fun of him.

[Funnychicks89]

i love frollo even though he is suppose to be the bad guy i think the only real bad guy is pheobus, he's such a player. I <3 FROLLO

[lawrence142002]

Frollo suffers because he cannot compensate his desire for Esmeralda with what his position is. So it makes him crazy.

[MissFit0191]

i miss the happy quasy!! the one that sang of freedom and talked to imaginary gargoyles!!!!

lmao

this was very well done however

[DaniMajor]

I love Frollo with his head on his hand!

[TexasRepublicBuff]

AAHH 4:43 it's Frollo's Disney hat!

[SayuriStar]

I'm aware in the original book Quasy's deaf, but it often makes him look stupid. :( Oh well, Frollo's kitties will cheer me up.

[naly202]

great make up for dear Quasy. he too looks like Disney's Quasy. actually phoebus is very similar too (even his shining armour). damn it! Disneys weren't too orriginal!

[joyhorse13]

Just like the Disney movie^^!

[Chizpurfle52595]

Wait, is Sir Cedric Hardwicke playing Claude or Jehan Frollo? I thought I heard the Archdeacon address him as Jehan, which would make the Archdeacon Claude, which would switch the two characters around from the book like in the 1923 movie. Someone tell me what's going on here!!!!!

[ImhotepsAshes]

The Archdeacon is referred to as Claude in this film, so that would mean Hardwicke is playing the brother. This might possibly be due to censorship reasons (a Catholic Priest committing a series of monstrous atrocities out of base lust) or simply a desire on the part of the filmmakers to make the characters bolder and more obvious in motivation (Jehan always seemed to be a more stereotypical villain "type").

[LaPauvreElleSouffre]

It's Jean-Claude Frollo. In France, it's common to have a hyphenated name.

[Chizpurfle52595]

Yes, obviously, but his brother is referred to as Jehan, which is a nickname for Joannes. I've got the book with me right here which verifies it. I think the above poster answered my question.

[LaPauvreElleSouffre]

Good.