Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)

Directed by

Clément Maurice

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short film adaptation of the classic play about a skilled swordsman and poet who feels insecure about his large nose. He helps a friend court a woman he secretly loves, using his way with words to express his rival's feelings.

historicalromanticearly cinemacolor-tintedpoeticmelancholicwhimsicalsincere

What happens

Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1900 French short drama film directed by Clément Maurice, featuring Benoit Constant Coquelin as Cyrano. It was shown at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition. The film, tinted with color and synchronized to a wax cylinder recording, is thought to be the first film made with both color and sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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