Hed played the role many times on broadway, but his performance was captured for the ages in stanley kramers 1950 production. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez. It managed to touch the imagination of everyone ever since and the heart of anyone who has one. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. Cyrano is wellserved by gerard depardieus title performance, for which he earned an oscar nomination and a cesar award. All the other characters rostand gave absolutely no depth to. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. Overall this is an average postwar french production with minimal settings are inexistent cinematography, except some fine and well taken cartoons accompanying cyrano s description of. Jose ferrer puts everyone else in the cast to shame with his performance of cyrano. Depardieu brings the largerthanlife cyrano to the screen without devouring the scenery.
It uses poet brian hooker s 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Although he was a star in the french cinema for years, gerard depardieu was an unheardof unknown in the united states prior to the success. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages. A charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves. Since it first saw the light of night on a parisian stage in 1897, it never goes long unperformed in some form or other. An extremely rare version of the all time most popular french play recently made available on dvd. Overall this is an average postwar french production with minimal settings are inexistent cinematography, except some fine and well taken cartoons accompanying cyrano s description of his space travels. Famous nose jose ferrer won the oscar for best actor for his portayal of the swordsmanpoet using his silver tongue to woo the woman he loves for another man. The garutso balanced lens is an insitu camera lens effectively simulating a faux 3d effect by keeping the foreground and background in focus at the same time.
This story set in seventeenthcentury france of the ugly man who helps another in his suit for the woman that the former loves has found fame ever since. Additional formats may also be available from the main gutenberg site. Jose ferrer won an academy award for his portrayal of the largenosed swordsman with a poets soul. En acceptant ce site, vous acceptez lutilisation des cookies. Kevin kline and jennifer garner are reviving edmond rostands plumed, caped evergreen on broadway. It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. November 18th, 2003 not yet rated 1 hr 52 min plot summary.
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