The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages. A swordsman pierre magnier helps another man angelo ferrari win the love of a cousin. 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. So chivalrous cyrano pours his heart out to roxanne for his friend, and she, wooed by the beauty of cyranos words, falls for christian. Predstavlja adaptaciju istoimene drame edmonda rostanda. Test your javascript, css, html or coffeescript online with jsfiddle code editor. Cyrano himself is the ultimate hopeless romantic romantic for his idealistic principles and irrepressible panache, but hopeless, alas, because of the. Better this approach, you feel as the film proceeds, than panoramic realism. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. This color film remained completely faithful to the play, down to its tragic ending. The story of cyrano, his famous nose, and his undying love for the beautiful roxanne evokes the spirit and panache of 17th century france.
It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. Military life history during the time frame of cyrano, there were two major wars that the french were involved in. In addition to the complete score as it appears in the film, weve been able to include cues deleted from the final dub of the film as well as a diverting instrumental arrangement of cyranos theme. If you like or even love the story, it is a dvd, you will watch again and again. Nov 30, 20 well, we are stepping out of hollywood today. This 1925 film was an french and italian coproduction that attempted to capture the wit and panache of rostands play in silent movie form. With pierre magnier, linda moglia, angelo ferrari, maurice schutz. The program has fabulous ads and details of the show. Filmed entirely in natural colors, with a mammoth cast of 5,000, cyrano is a.