Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Director:
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Cyrano De Bergerac | |
| Anne Brochet | ... | Roxane | |
| Vincent Perez | ... | Christian de Neuvillette | |
| Jacques Weber | ... | Comte De Guiche | |
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Roland Bertin | ... | Ragueneau |
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Philippe Morier-Genoud | ... | Le Bret |
| Pierre Maguelon | ... | Carbon de Castel-Jaloux | |
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Josiane Stoléru | ... | The Duenna |
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Anatole Delalande | ... | The Child |
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Alain Rimoux | ... | The Father |
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Philippe Volter | ... | Vicomte de Valvert |
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Jean-Marie Winling | ... | Lignière |
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Louis Navarre | ... | The Bore |
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Gabriel Monnet | ... | Montfleury |
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François Marié | ... | Bellerose |
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A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian. Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
1 December 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$15,140,007Company Credits
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1.66 : 1
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Roxane really existed, she really was Cyrano's cousin, and she really did marry a baron whose surname was De Neuvillette. However, there is no evidence whatsoever that he and Cyrano were both in love with Roxane. See more »Contribute to This Page
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How can one even begin to describe the greatness of this film? Forget that it is subtitled; this soon becomes immaterial as the translation is perfect, or that a couple of very minor scenes from the play were omitted, it is impossible to think of a greater example of cinematography than was achieved here.
Gerard Depardieu; in his first internationally acclaimed role, gives an early inkling of the talent that he would later display in, "The Man in the Iron Mask". At times he is comic, haughty, tragic & noble.
Cyrano ceases to be a dramatic creation & becomes a real human being with whom we can empathise & be brought, almost, to the point of tears at the point of his death. Depardieu creates a man very much of his time; never mind Edmund Rostand's writing it is Depardieu who brings the character described as every actor's dream to life. He is believable, noble & generates sympathy in the viewer.
Anne Brochet's Roxanne is beautiful. It is clear from early on that she is an intellectual (described as "precieuse") but shallow, who we see developing as the story evolves.
Vincent Perez is convincing as Christain: handsome & with fairly base objectives, but developing through association with Cyrano & honourable.
Even Jacques Weber portrays De Guiche in such a way that we can accept his, later, friendship with Cyrano & never truly induces the feelings of hatred that so many villains evoke in the viewer.
The colours & lighting in the film are exceptional; a sign of the care that were invested in making it as historically accurate as possible, with soft, muted shades replacing the garish colours that have flawed so many depictions of the period, whilst it soon becomes evident that Rapineau wanted to ensure that the word epic would be truly applicable to this production.
As a piece of romantic fiction this film cannot be bettered & would be ideal for those wanting to settle down for an evening with someone really special. Whatever you do see this film.