The most classic Notre Dame de Paris

When it comes to Notre Dame, many people will think of Hugo’s novel and the “hunchback” in it.

Notre Dame de Paris, a novel written by the French eminent writer Hugo was published in 1831, which tells a medieval tragedy of fate happened in Notre Dame. In the depiction of Hugo, Paris is not only a city but also the symbol of freedom and humanity. The protagonists in the novel, the hunchback Quasimodo and the Gypsy woman Esmeralda became well-known figures in the world literature. Many people will go to the top of the building and check if there is a real hunchback when they visit Notre Dame. The purpose of Hugo writing the novel Notre Dame de Paris was to evoke the public to protect the historic buildings of Paris. Because of his efforts, Notre Dame was renovated very well. Unexpectedly, this year's renovation triggered a heartbreaking fire.

The novel Notre Dame de Paris has been filmized several times in the history of film. According to incomplete statistics, there are many versions of live-action movies in 1939, 1956, 1982, and 1997 respectively. Each version handles the content differently, but the story is largely in accordance with the original novel. The 1956 edition of Notre Dame de Paris exemplified beauty and ugliness, affection and desire, and the anxiety of identity and humanity. All the collisions of kindness, narrowness, distortion and absurdity occurred in the magnificent temple. Everyone has the right and contradiction to love, but everyone's choices are different. The ugliness and brilliance of humanity are revealed more vividly in the movie.

Actor Anthony Quinn who played Quasimodo

Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 - June 3, 2001), born in Chihuahua, Mexico. His father is Irish, and his mother is Mexican. He moved to the United States in his youth, and he became a young boxer for a living. He entered the film industry in 1936. In the 1950s, he won the 25th and 29th Oscar for Best Supporting Actors in the Viva Zapata! and Lust for Life. In 1964, he won the Oscar for the best actor in Zorba the Greek, which was also the peak of his film career. In 1972, his autobiography The Original Sin was published. His final film was the 1995 A Walk in the Clouds, after that, he died of illnesses in Boston in 2001. Anthony Quinn's work includes The Plainsman in 1937, Road to Singapore in 1940, Blood and Sand in 1941, They Died with Their Boots in 1942, Guadalcanal Diary in 1943, Against All Flags in 1952, Attila in 1954, Notre Dame de Paris in 1956, The Savage Innocents in 1959, Lawrence of Arabia in 1962, Alexis Zorbas in 196, The Happening in 1967, Target of an Assassin in 1976, Only the Lonely in 1991, A Walk in the Clouds in 1995 and so on.

Actor Gina Lollobrigida who played Esmeralda

Gina Lollobrigida, born July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy, is one of the most prominent figures in the European film industry and a respected photographer. Her work is exhibited in some of the world's most important museums. She has devoted a lot of time to humanitarian activities, served as a UNICEF special representative and supported many humanitarian agencies.

Her representative works include Tulip Square in 1952, Notre Dame de Paris in 1956, Cervantes in 1967, The Adventures of the Warriors, Bread, Love and Jealousy, The Flying Man, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, Venere imperiale and so on. She usually plays passionate and open sexy girls. "Do you believe that Notre Dame will disappear one day?" This sentence comes from the film Love at Sunset Twilight.

At around 18 o'clock in the evening on April 15th, local time, the famous French landmark and the Gothic building of Notre Dame de Paris was caught on fire. The raging fire caused the Gothic spire to collapse, the upper part of the left tower was burned, and the rose window was destroyed by the high temperature.

People all over the world are heartbroken by this fire. In the description of the famous French writer Hugo, Notre Dame de Paris is a "great stone symphony." The famous Russian poet Osip Mandelstam wrote in his poem: "Notre Dame de Paris, the more I am addicted to your stubbornness and majestic dome, the more I am eager to it: one day I will also get rid of this terrible heavy burdens and create beauty. After the fire, French President Emmanuel Macron called on people of insight around the world to participate in the reconstruction of Notre Dame, "because Notre Dame represents our history, literature and imagination."

Notre Dame de Paris before the fire

This 800-year-old building represents the ancient Paris and shines with the wisdom of mankind, and countless films are also filmed here. The raging fire severely damaged the Notre Dame de Paris, but fortunately these films have helped us retain its original appearance...

The French film Notre Dame de Paris, which entered China in the early age, left a deep memory of Notre Dame for the Chinese people by the images of kind and beautiful "Esmeralda" and the strange and ugly "Quasimodo". This film built the acknowledgement of the Notre Dame in the world.

Part of this article was taken from the Yangcheng Evening News http://ep.ycwb.com/epaper/ycwb/html/2019-04/17/content_43137.htm