Cyrano de Bergerac

Name: Cyrano de Bergerac
Genre: Drama, Short
Released: 1900-05-21
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Benoît-Constant Coquelin

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6.1/10

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Benoît-Constant Coquelin in Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)

Drama Short

The only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompanied by a sound-on-cylinder recording of Coquelin's vo... Read allThe only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompanied by a sound-on-cylinder recording of Coquelin's voice reciting one of Cyrano's speeches.The only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompanied by a sound-on-cylinder recording of Coquelin's voice reciting one of Cyrano's speeches.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

333

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Benoît-Constant Coquelin

Cyrano de Bergerac
(as Coquelin ainé)

Director
- Clément Maurice
Writer
- Edmond Rostand
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This film is generally believed to be the first ever film produced with both color and sound. It was filmed using the nitrate film stock which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder, and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This film was made in the period that is often referred to as the "inflammable years of cinema."

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Featured in The Twentieth Century: The Movies Learn to Talk (1959)

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Cyrano de Bergerac and La Marseillaise were fascinating early sound shorts from France

This rediscovered early color (hand-tinted) and sound (on disc) film from 1900 was put on the "Saved from the Flames" DVD collection. It depicts the duel between the title character and his rival with the actor who originated him in the play, Coquelin Aine, speaking in his native French language. Fascinating to watch though more interesting to see as historical than entertaining. Still, worth a look. P.S. This was followed by another early sound-on-disc musical short with singer M. Note singing "La Marseillaise" which, if you've seen Casablanca, you'd recognize as the French national anthem. That one was pretty entertaining.