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Phoebus Film. Phoebus Film or Phoebus-Film was a German film production and distribution company active during the silent era. It was one of the medium-sized firms established during the early boom years of the Weimar Republic. It had a distribution agreement with the American studio MGM.
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The Disney Animators chose to deviate from the book and created a down-to-earth Phoebus who is far less the dimwitted, womanizing cad that he is portrayed in the book. Though he tends to over-analyze and act like he knows what he's doing, he is described as a soldier who is sarcastically witty, brave, confident, and enjoys finding humor in situations. He also embodies the spirit of the Golden Rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated. Gary Trousdale admits that what he most likes abou...
Physical appearance
Phoebus is a muscular man in his 30s with fair skin, dark blue eyes, shoulder-length blond hair, and a small goatee. He mostly wears golden armor and blue clothing underneath and a blue cape, and underneath these, he wears a white shirt and brown pants.
Difference from original character
Phoebus' character is almost the exact opposite of his counterpart in Victor Hugo's novel. In the story, Phoebus is a vain, untrustworthy womanizer, who falls in love with Esmeralda solely for her beauty (much in the same way that Frollo does). While trying to seduce Esmeralda, he's stabbed in the back by Frollo. Phoebus is presumed dead and Frollo frames Esmeralda for the crime, but Phoebus actually survives and could've easily proved her innocence, but didn't come forward, realizing that hi...
Phoebus is called home to Paris from an unnamed war in order to serve as Judge Claude Frollo's Captain of the Guard (or as the leader of Frollo's soldiers). Following his arrival in Paris, he comes across a dancing Esmeralda, and is taken by her beauty, throwing her some gold coins. However, two guards working for Frollo attempt to arrest Esmeralda solely for being Romani and "stealing" money. Phoebus helps Esmeralda escape by blocking the guards' way with his horse, Achilles, and ordering Ac...
Several years later, Phoebus has now married Esmeralda and had a son, Zephyr, with her. Once again, he is the Captain of the Guard under the new but unseen Minister of Justice. When Sarouschand his circus troupe arrive in Paris, people begin reporting thefts to Phoebus. Eventually, Phoebus discovered the connection between the thefts and Sarousch and realizes that he and his gang are thieves dressed as circus performers, but this revelation causes a brief rift between himself, Quasimodo (who...
Phoebus appeared in both the German and North American versions of the production. While the musical version is closer to the original novel, Phoebus is more like his film version than the other characters as he becomes a friend to Quasimodo and is polite.
Shortly after Sora's arrival in La Cité des Cloches, Phoebus alerts Claude Frollo about the presence of monsters running about in the streets, while Frollo interrogates Sora about being Romani. From the beginning, Phoebus does not believe Sora to be guilty of any crime, and runs off to aid him against the Dream Eaters. He witnesses Sora defeat the Dream Eaters and save Frollo's ward, Quasimodo. While Frollo does not approve of this, since he had wanted to teach Quasimodo a lesson for leaving...
Phoebus appears a meetable character occasionally. He is most commonly seen in Disneyland Paris, although still very rare.
Phoebus was first introduced to Esmeralda as he was returning home from a war and she caught his attention while dancing for coins. At the Feast of Fools, her alluring performance immediately caught his attention again. After saving Quasimodo from the cruelty of Frollo and the people of Paris, Esmeralda sought refuge in the Notre Dame cathedral. Phoebus took the opportunity to meet her. However, their first interaction was rather rough, as Esmeralda found herself untrusting towards a member o...
When Phoebus first saw Quasimodo, he had no issue with the hunchback's appearance, likely from seeing him at the festival. He even felt bad when Quasimodo was being tortured by the soldiers and asked Frollo permission to end the cruelty, but Frollo told him to wait a moment as Quasimodo needed to be taught a lesson. Later on, after Quasimodo helped Esmerelda escape, Phoebus came back to see her and asked Quasimodo if she was still there. Quasimodo, who at that point has had enough with soldie...
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During his escape from Frollo, Phoebus is shown being shot in the back at his shoulder, but his injury was later shown and treated on the front of his chest. His breastplate can be seen when Esmera...Despite being Captain of the Guard, Phoebus has his orders assigned from Judge Claude Frollo. By the sequel, however, he appears to have almost the same authority as Frollo had. He is the only auth...Phoebus is much older than Quasimodo, who is 20 years old. Phoebus says that has been away from Paris for two decades (though it's possible he was exaggerating). Assuming he joined the army between...In the original novel by Victor Hugo, Phoebus was vain, untrustworthy, and a womanizer who only liked Esmeralda for her beauty. When Esmeralda was killed by Frollo, he watched her execution with li...The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy ...
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Captain Phoebus is the tritagonist in Disney's 1996 animated feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He is a gallant war veteran summoned by Judge Claude Frollo to assist in the eradication of gypsies. However, Phoebus' righteousness, and love for the "gypsy woman" Esmeralda, drives him to betray his superior and fight for the liberation of ...
