Retells the tale of the hunchbacked bellringer of medieval Notre Dame, Quasimodo, whose love for the gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, had tragic consequences.

Quasimodo is more hideously deformed than any of the nightmarish stone gargoyles adorning the building. Yet he is very much made of flesh, blood, and human emotion. Mandy Patinkin plays Quasimodo and Salma Hayek is Esmerelda, the spirited gypsy whose kindness awakens the ill-fated hunchback's higher nature. Richard Harris is Dom Frollo, whose priestly office hides his hypocrisy and cruelty.