Cyrano De Bergerac

• Director: Michael A. Simpson
• Genre: Drama
• Main Cast: Sinéad Cusack, Derek Jacobi
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 177 minutes

Plot

Anthony Burgess translated and adapted this staging of Edmond Rostand's 19th century theatrical classic. Derek Jacobi (of I Claudius) fame stars as Cyrano de Bergerac, the ski-nosed poet, philosopher and swordsman. Believing that the beautiful Roxanne will shrink from his ugliness, Cyrano woos her by proxy, feeding the handsome but empty-headed Christian the honey'd words of love that will win the lady's heart. Jacobi is given powerhouse support by the Royal Shakespeare Company, including the exquisite Sinead Cusack as Roxanne. Videotaped for British television, Cyrano de Bergerac was telecast in America on selected PBS and cable-TV outlets. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Christopher Benjamin - Montfleury; Ken Bones - Carbon de Castel Jaloux; Christopher Bowen - Le Vicomte de Valvert/Gascony Cadet; John Carlisle - Le Comte de Guiche; Richard Clifford - Cavalryman/Gascony Cadet; Sinéad Cusack - Roxane; Jimmy Gardner - Doorkeeper/Capuchin; David Glover - Marquis 2; Derek Jacobi - Cyrano de Bergerac; Edward Jewesbury - Brisaille; David Shaw Parker - Bellerose/Gascony Cadet; Pete Postlethwaite - Ragueneau; Jayne Tottman - Citizen's Son; Niall Padden - Eater/Gascony Cadet; John Bowe - Le Bret; Cathy Finlay - Food Seller/Sister Marthe; Tom Mannion - Christian de Neuvillette

Credit

Michael A. Simpson - Director, Dave Martin - Editor, Nigel Hess - Composer (Music Score)

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