The Costumes and Makeup of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1977)

Despite the cheapness of the sets and cinematography, the costumes are really well done.

Quasimodo's facial deformity shares very little in common with Victor Hugo's descriptions. Like many other adaptations, the design is in the tradition of Charles Laughton in the 1939 version. Clarke's makeup features short messy hair and a single working eye.

Unlike Laughton, this eye is merely dead and facing upwards instead of being lowered.

At times it works.

Other times it doesn't.

This is probably the only Quasimodo to wear a half red and half purple outfit. They even included the silver bells. It's a nice touch.

Frollo wears black, as is to be expected. He wears a cross around his neck, almost shouting out his priesthood. His hair is brown and kept fairly short. As I've explained earlier, this addition is out of place and out of character.

Frollo also occasionally wears a black cap.








Esmeralda wears two costumes in this version. The first is a red dress.

The second is her execution gown.

The extras are typical period fare. Rags for the beggars, dresses for the nobles, nothing that's really out of the ordinary. The costumes seem period appropriate, even if the style of some of the hair is a clear product of the '70s.

Compared to the other production values, the costumes are really good, almost like they were from a real movie...






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