Cyrano de Bergerac (film)
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There are several film adaptations of Edmond Rostand
's play Cyrano de Bergerac
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Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century...
's play Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (play)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....
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- Cyrano de Bergerac (1900 film), starring Benoît-Constant CoquelinBenoît-Constant CoquelinBenoît-Constant Coquelin , known as Coquelin aîné, was a French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age."-Biography:Coquelin was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais...
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1925 film), starring Pierre MagnierPierre MagnierPierre Magnier was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray Cyrano de Bergerac in any film in 1925. He continued acting until the 1950s...
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1938 TV film), a live television adaptation starring James MasonJames MasonJames Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the...
and Leslie BanksLeslie BanksLeslie Banks, CBE was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:... - Cyrano de Bergerac (1945 film), starring Claude DauphinClaude Dauphin (actor)Claude Dauphin was a French actor. He appeared in over 130 films between 1930 and 1978.He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole.Dauphin married...
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 black-and-white feature film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker's 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay...
, starring José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1962 film), starring Christopher PlummerChristopher PlummerArthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1972 film)Cyrano de Bergerac (1972 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1972 videotaped television production of Edmond Rostand's famous play about the lovestruck swordsman with the long nose. This production was originally staged by American Conservatory Theater and shown on PBS as part of the Theater in America series...
, starring Peter Donat - Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 film), starring Derek JacobiDerek JacobiSir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in...
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
, starring Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac (2008 film)Cyrano de Bergerac (2008 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 2008 made-for-television film version of the play by Edmond Rostand. The film stars Kevin Kline as Cyrano and Jennifer Garner as his cousin Roxane as well as Daniel Sunjata. It is not really a film; it is actually a videotaped production of the Broadway revival, recorded...
, starring Kevin Kline
Derivative films
- Aru kengo no shogai (Life of an Expert Swordsman), a 1959 film starring Toshirō Mifune, adapted by director Hiroshi Inagaki
- Cyrano AgencyCyrano AgencyCyrano Agency is a South Korean romantic comedy film starring Uhm Tae-woong, Lee Min Jeong, Choi Daniel, and Park Shin-hye. It is named for Edmond Rostand’s 1897 romance Cyrano de Bergerac .-Synopsis:...
, 2010 Korean romance-comedy of a group of actors and stage experts working as professional love makers by writing monologues, staging scenarios and directing their clients. - Roxanne (film)Roxanne (film)Roxanne is a 1987 comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a modern retelling of the 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by French author Edmond Rostand, and stars Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.-Plot summary:...
, starring Steve Martin - The Truth About Cats & DogsThe Truth About Cats & DogsThe Truth About Cats & Dogs is a 1996 American romantic comedy film, starring Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin, and Jamie Foxx. It was directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Audrey Wells...
(film) 1996 starring Uma Thurman - Wimps (film), a 1987 teen romantic comedy
See also
- Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de BergeracHercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand...
, the real-life person on whom the play is loosely based