Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

176 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, History, TV Movie | July 26, 1985

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne. Derek Jacobi delivers an electrifying award-winning portrayal of Rostand's legendary log-nosed swordsman in this highly acclaimed production from the world's premier theatre troupe, The Royal Shakespeare Company. The bold Cyrano boasts he can defeat a hundred men in a swordfight, but because of his grotesque nose lacks the confidence to court the woman he loves. Yet so entranced with Roxanne is Cyrano that he uses the eloquence of his poetry to woo her for a rival.

Cyrano de Bergerac

176 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, History, TV Movie | July 26, 1985

Cyrano de Bergerac
As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne. Derek Jacobi delivers an electrifying award-winning portrayal of Rostand's legendary log-nosed swordsman in this highly acclaimed production from the world's premier theatre troupe, The Royal Shakespeare Company. The bold Cyrano boasts he can defeat a hundred men in a swordfight, but because of his grotesque nose lacks the confidence to court the woman he loves. Yet so entranced with Roxanne is Cyrano that he uses the eloquence of his poetry to woo her for a rival.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Channel 4 Television, Royal Shakespeare Company, stratford-barbican
Original title Cyrano de Bergerac
Directors Terry Hands, Michael A. Simpson
Writers Edmond Rostand

Cast

Derek Jacobi

as Cyrano de Bergerac

John Carlisle

as Le Comte de Guiche

John Bowe

as Le Bret

Pete Postlethwaite

as Ragueneau

Tom Mannion

as Christian de Neuvillette

Sinéad Cusack

as Roxanne

Jimmy Gardner

as Doorkeeper / Capuchin

Richard Clifford

as Cavalryman / Gascony Cadet

Robert Clare

as D'Artagnan / Gascony Cadet

Philip Dennis

as Flunkey / Gascony Cadet

John Tramper

as Flunkey / Gascony Cadet

Geoffrey Freshwater

as Musketeer

Alexandra Brook

as Flowergirl / Sister Claire

Phillip Walsh

as Drinker / Gascony Cadet

Simon Clark

as Citizen / Gascony Cadet

Jayne Tottman

as Citizen's Son

Paul Basson

as Page

Stephen Kennedy

as Page

Raymond Llewellyn

as Pickpocket

Jeffery Dench

as Marquis 1

David Glover

as Marquis 2

Dennis Clinton

as Cuigy

Edward Jewesbury

as Brisaille

George Parsons

as Lignière the Poet

Penelope Beaumont

as Precieuse / Mother Marguerite / Lise

Clare Byam-Shaw

as Precieuse

Cathy Finlay

as Food Seller / Sister Marthe

Jennie Goossens

as Roxane's Duenna

Christopher Bowen

as Le Vicomte de Valvert / Gascony Cadet

Christopher Benjamin

as Montfleury

David Shaw-Parker

as Bellerose / Gascony Cadet

Raymond Bowers

as Jodelet

Ken Bones

as Carbon de Castel Jaloux

Niall Padden

as Eater / Gascony Cadet