«The Cathedral of Paris Mother» by Jean Delannua, France, 1956. Gina Lollobridged, Anthony Quinn, Jean Dane, Alain Küney and others.
The novel of the French writer Victor Hugo, «The Cathedral of Paris Godmother», was published in March 1831. It was the first historical novel in French. The name appeals to the most famous medieval Parisian cathedral: it was the cathedral of the Holy Mother of Paris that became the main place of action, the center of storytelling.
Hugo was very concerned about the condition of the monuments of the medieval architecture of Paris, about which he wrote a lot in the periodic press. At the time of writing, «The Cathedral of the Holy Mother of Paris» his building had fallen, was about to be rebuilt or destroyed. The book’s popularity has kept the cathedral intact and made it the national domain of France.
The Church of Paris is considered to be a classic of French literature and one of the main books of Romantic literature. The multiplayer composition, which includes playground jokes, street thieves, gypsies, beggars, the higher clergy and even the king himself, complex convulsions, unexpected twists of the plot, makes the novel a kind of epic theatre on which the story of France appears to unfold.
The novel has undergone many stage and film interpretations. There are five mutes, two sounds, and seven animation screens, but the most famous of them is the color film produced by Jean Delannua. There are stars in the main roles: a beautiful Italian woman, Jean Lollobridged, an invoiced American, Anthony Quinn, a Frenchman, Alain Kyuney. Their virtual game, combined with a talented directorship, large-scale field shoots, luxury costumes and a complex plot, has made the picture incredibly popular. Critics and viewers have pointed to the maximum proximity of the film to the novel’s text and to the incredible display, which also impresses those who watch «The Cathedral of Paris Mother» today.
