Frollo speaking his native language.

Screw subtlety, the French go full-on poetic and sinister. God, I love it.

So much darker lyrics than the original.

"It is the fault of our Heavenly Father who made Lucifer stronger than Man" damn that's deep not gonna lie

"Be mine or my passion will send you to Hell!" Wow...

That kind of making me laugh because Frollo's french voice actor is the same as Scar's. So it is easy to simply imagine Scar instead XD

I distinctly remember in French class in high school we all got to choose a Disney song, find it's French counterpart, and present it in class. One of my classmates chose this.

"Judge Frollo, the..." "Get out of here! I'm singing!"

And I thought Frollo couldn’t be more twisted and terrifying.

OMG, the guy did 3:46-3:58 in ONE BREATH. As a singer, I'll tell you that takes a LOT of practice and skill.

Guard 1: **sigh** Who's he singing about this time? Guard 2: That gypsy chick Esmeralda. He's more lustful than last time, he's even talking to the fire Guard 1: Well this is going to be hard to tell him Guard 2: What? Guard 1: The gypsy's escaped the cathedral Guard 2: Oh great... Guard 1: Do you wanna tell him? Guard 2: No bloody way! I'm not talking to him while he's in this state! Guard 1: Fine.. Guard 1 **go's inside the room, after a few seconds he comes back out again** Guard 2: We burning down Paris again? Guard 1: Yep Guard 2: So bloody predictable ¬_¬

“Is it my fault?” Asking for pity instead of declaring innocence, ooooh

It sounds even more evil in this version!

In french version the man who gave his voice at frollo is the same man who gave voice to Scar in the lion king and Gandhalf in the Lord of the ring/the hobbit.

I like this Frollo more than the English Frollo. Whereas English Frollo is oblivious to his own evil, this version knows that he's wrong, but will blame everyone but himself first. Also, he thinks that murder will free him from Esmerelda's "temptations". He went from a maniac to a self-congratulatory murderous lunatic, and I love it.

the cool thing is that how the history is in Paris, the french is perfect in context..!!!

"Lord Frollo, are you seeing things in the fireplace again?"

I don't speak any French, at all, but wow, the lyrics are way more powerful than the English version. It's so cool listening to Hellfire in Frollo's native language :D but his English voice sounds more powerful.

L'époque où Jean Piat nous faisait tous vibrer par sa voix et son talent de comédien. Repose en paix le dieu du doublage 🙏

The french version is most powerfull than the english one.

Here we have a medieval yandere in his natural habitat

This is really skilled translation work. It hits the Catholic guilt and nuance of the thing perfectly, which many/most of the translations miss, while still fitting the melody almost 100%. Top marks.

Rest in peace, Jean Piat 😢

The French version is so much better than the English... I think it's because we had to translate it, so we put additional effort on it, and maybe it's also because of a cultural French relationship we have with poetry. And this is the case for almost all Disney's songs.

"Make her offer herself to me, or she will burn!" That sounds more like Frollo.

As someone who's been studying French for four years, being able to understand this makes it so worth it.

Here's the literal translation from a french speaker: "Beata Maria, I claim that my soul is pure, of my virtue I have the right to be proud. Beata maria, my heart has much more rightness, then a common, vulgar crowd of misery draggers. But why, Maria, when she dances, the insolent, her eyes of fire set me aflame and haunt me. What burn, what torture, the flames of her mane devour my body of obscene wilting. Infernal, bacchanal. Hell blackens my flesh, of the sin, of desire, the sky must punish me. Is it my fault? Why this blame? It's this gipsy witch by who my heart inflames! Is it my fault? If our father. Made men less powerful then lucifer? By(have) mercy, Maria, protect me from the bad spell, of this flower of evil and her body. Destroy Esmeralda, that a curtain of fire be her shroud, or make that she be mine, and mine alone." (Second part is pretty spot on)

In this version Frollo sounds more old... It's pretty interesting to hear.

His diction and emotion are amazing. It's very internalized, he doesn't overdramatize his lines, but so powerful!

The French lyrics are great, so dramatic and powerful! :)

"Be mine or my passion will take you to Hell!" Danggggg that's even darker than the English version

I thought nothing could get awesomer than 'Hellfire." But something did. HELLFIRE IN FRENCH

frollo is the only disney villian that actually -scares- me

“God have mercy on her, god have mercy on me” in french goes so unbelievably hard

Hunchback has one of the best soundtracks of the Disney animations. And the French version definitely makes it sound darker than the English. The lyrics are perfect!

"Is it my fault, if our Heavenly Father, Made man weaker than Lucifer?" Damn that was an awesome localization job.

Frollo: HELLFIRE! HELLFIRE! Guard outside the door: (looks like Frollo's having an episode again...) says every guard in every villains retinue who hears a villains monologue

Even though I can't understand French I still think that French version is amazing, Frollo sings in his native language 💔

This makes me unbelievably more uncomfortable than the English version tbh Like, wow! Those lyrics! Loved every second of it

I love this song in it's "native language"! I mean, the movie is set in France.

It's fun listening to Disney songs in their native languages

For me, the whole "which is best" argument comes down to that final shout of a single word: The amount of emotion packed into that one word can sometimes make one version infinitely superior to another. For me, it's a tie between this one and the Russian one.

I love this version so much... the French is so poetic and I love it! I feel like Frollo not sounding as evil and mean makes it better.

I love Jean Piat! He is good as Frollo but amazing as Gandalf!

These movies are so much better in the native language. It's unreal how great this sounds.

I love watching Disney movies in the language of the country it takes place in.

Damn. I don't know what everyone's talking about. This one is fucking amazing.

This is interesting since it's the setting language, but I really don't feel many other singers could beat how villainous and powerful Tony Jay made this song. It's been incredibly hard to find a version that outshines him in that crucial aspect.

Hellfire and Be Prepared and my favorite Disney songs

It was really bold of disney to have Frollo sing this song.. in a few words he confess that he wants to sleep with her by making her ,his. This song is a masterpiece and Frollo is one of the best charecters .he was tortured by his passion and was driven to madness in the end

Anyone else listening to Disney movie songs being sung in their vernacular?

quasinodo's singing voice in french is so good.

French is a beautiful language :D

the most melodramatic, poetic, epic villian songs ever!!!!!!

Notre Dame Is On Fire Hellfire Frollo Got His Last Laugh.

Did anyone else think of this song when they discovered the social media posts of notre dame burning down :(

At first I was shocked by how light his voice was........but then his musical genius swept me in. I gave it 5 stars.

Wait a second. I glanced over to see KZfaq advertise the movie to me. And I notice it's rated G. Rated. G. My. Ass.

This is what Frollo was actually singing.

this is jean piat? wasn't this the guy who voiced scar? :D

I love Quasi's French voice😊

Elle me donne des frissons cette chanson :) ! Mais j'adore ^-^! Excellent !

You know you listen to a song too much when the foreign version gets stuck in your head. I've been walking about my house singing, "Infernal! Bacchanal!" all day.

Fun fact, I attempted this song as part of an assignment for my second beginner French class in college. I do not recommend it. I almost lost my voice.

This voice is calm even during the high notes. Makes it all the more creepier.

We can all agree that this was Disney’s prince of Egypt.

Ah I like the French. Makes me feel european I say that as a German, because Europe is awesome #friendshippower :D

Whoever does Quasi's voice has a great voice too!

the ghost guys in red robes are the coolest thing i've ever seen in my life

Proud to know French rn

I like this, but with the English version I can hear/sense more of his twisted and dark, yet fiery psyche expressed

The echos onward from 3:48 are so awesome!

As other said, Frollo is really the archdeacon in the book and he's not at first that evil (in the opposite of Phoebus who is really a jerk). He's a learned man and takes care of his young brother Jehan. He takes Quasimodo under his tutelage when the women in Notre-Dame took him for a demon. He taught him to read and write (something not everybody was able to do in that time).

This horrified me!!! Such intimidation! I love it!!!

It seems that in the French version he carrys a thesaurus around

Jean Piat also doubled Scar in the Lion King. A fantastic voice...

Nice to hear this in it's natural language.

"Quelle brulure, quelle torture, les flammes de sa chevelure, dévorent mon corps d'obscène flétrissure" J'AIME!!!

Love it, both the lyrics and the performance are amazing.

Ngl i like these lyrics more

Est-ce ma faute si notre pere a fait les hommes moins puissants que Lucifer? (Is it my fault if our father made men less powerful than Lucifer?) That line is awsome!

This is so good I´m having goosebumps right now!

la meilleure version

My favorite villian song is even more beautiful/terrifying in its native tongue.

If you are unaware, “bacchanal” means drunken, lustful, or generally sinful.

Even Frollo sound sexy in french... who knew...

French is beautiful.... I wanted to learn it after watching Amelie. Seems like a difficult language to learn for a Norwegian tough.

No... what makes the song sound great is not just the meaning but how also great the singer's voice is.

Jean! His voice is awesome..

Choeur : Confiteor Deo, Omnipotenti Beatae Mariae, Semper Virgini Beato Michaeli Archangelo Sanctis apostolis Omnibu Sanctis Frollo : Beata Maria, je clame que mon âme est pure De ma vertu j'ai droit d'être fier Choeur : Et tibi Pater Frollo : Beata Maria, Mon coeur a bien plus de droiture Qu'une commune vulgaire foule de traîne-misère Choeur : Quia peccavi nimis Frollo : Mais pourquoi, Maria, quand elle danse l'insolente Ses yeux de feu m'embrasent et me hantent Choeur : Cogitatione Frollo : Quelle brûlure, quelle torture, les flammes de sa chevelure Dévorent mon corps d'obscènes flétrissures Choeur : Verbo et opere Frollo : Infernale, bacchanale, l'Enfer noircît ma chair Du pêché, de désir, le Ciel doit me punir Est-ce ma faute? (Mea culpa) Pourquoi ce blâme? (Mea culpa) C'est cette sorcière gitane par qui mon coeur s'enflamme. (Mea maxima culpa) Est-ce ma faute (mea culpa), si notre Père (mea culpa) A fait les hommes moins puissants que Lucifer (mea Maxima culpa) Par pitié, Maria, protèges-moi du mauvais sort De cette fleur du mal et de son corps Détruis Esmeralda, qu'un rideau de feu soit son linceul Ou faites qu'elle soit à moi et à moi seul -Parlé- Frollo : Infernale, bacchanale, diabolique Sorcière Sois mienne, ma passion te mènera en Enfer Choeur : Kyrie Eleison Frollo : Seigneur, pitié pour elle Choeur : Kyrie Eleison Frollo : Seigneur, pitié pour moi Choeur : Kyrie Eleison Frollo :Fais qu'elle s'offre à moi ou elle brûlera

I like that there's the confessional prayer in latin interspersed throughout the song.

« Let the fiery curtain be her shroud » what a way to word that 😨

Uhhhh. I love the Disney films in the "original" languages.

So awesome native

Amazing amazing version! I just feel it. The lyrics are very strong.

This is very well translated. o_o Disney's dubbing merits a lot more credit than it gets.

Somehow more insinuating than the original.

À bien y écouter, la version française s'est plus attachée à la forme littérale, moins de libertés sont prises vis à vis de la structure d'origine. Le débat Québec vs. France est sans fin, chacun préfèrera la version de son pays car elle répond d'avantage aux schémas de sa propre culture.

Excellent singing voice, he absolutely crushes it. Brilliant work.

LOL, "Hellfire" was totally the word for "boner" when this was set. Makes perfect sense.