Recreating his stage role, jose ferrer stars as edmond rostands cyrano, a 17thcentury french cavalier, poet and swordsman whose prominent proboscis is the subject of many a duel. The subtitles in this movie are done so well, one almost forgets the movie was done in french. With jose ferrer, mala powers, william prince, morris carnovsky. The words seem to glide effortlessly off of gerard depardieus. It uses poet brian hooker s 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. Faite par jeanclaude carriere et jeanpaul rappeneau, ladaptation raccourcit par endroits le texte d. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different. The charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play. 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. Edmond rostands classic drama of inner and outer beauty is given a lavish treatment in this acclaimed french production. Unfortunately it has also been poorly represented in many movies. The supporting actors also deserve praise, and the entire production merits a place in the top ranks of french cinema. Cyrano is wellserved by gerard depardieu s title performance, for which he earned an oscar nomination and a cesar award.
It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. A charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves. 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. Kevin kline and jennifer garner are reviving edmond rostands plumed, caped evergreen on broadway. Its titular character is a proud, daring swordsman and genius poet who has one terrible flaw. Depardieu did his in french worth learning the language if only for that. 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. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several.
Eric porter is going to appear on the tv screens, and people will exclaimed thats eric porter, but at the moment he is known as scames forsyte of saga fame. Poeta sentimental, filosofo emotivo e dualista habil, cyrano gerard depardieu e. With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber. Con gerard depardieu, jacques weber, anne brochet, philippe volter, madeleine marion.
Ellen in trance, hutter near home, nosferatus ship in wisborg 03. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the alexandrine format, but the verses sometimes lack. 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. Recreating his stage role, jose ferrer stars as edmond rostands cyrano, a 17thcentury french cavalier, poet and swordsman whose prominent proboscis. Until the 1990 gerard depardieu technicolor spectacular in french, ferrers version of cyrano was considered the one to see. Since it first saw the light of night on a parisian stage in 1897, it never goes long unperformed in some form or other. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages.