The film opens with Clopin, the King of the Beggars of Paris, telling a group of children the legend of Quasimodo, the deformed Hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral. Twenty years ago, a group of gypsies attempted to smuggle themselves into Paris, but they were caught by the ruthless Judge Jehan Frollo. One woman refused to hand over the bundle she was carrying and fled. Jehan pursued her on his horse, eventually cornering her at the doors of Notre Dame Cathedral. She banged on the door, crying out for sanctuary. Jehan caughts up to her and tried to take the bundle, killing her in the process. Jehan was then shocked to learn the bundle was a deformed baby. He tried to drop it down a well but was halted by his brother, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo took the child and decided t