Movielogr
Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
Directed by Michael A. Simpson, Terry Hands
Overview
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.
Length 176 minutes
Actors
Derek Jacobi | Pete Postlethwaite | Sinéad Cusack | Christopher Bowen | John Carlisle | Ken Bones | Christopher Benjamin | John Bowe | Edward Jewesbury | David Glover | Tom Mannion | Raymond Bowers | Richard Clifford | Phillip Walsh | Raymond Llewellyn | Jeffery Dench | Jimmy Gardner | Jayne Tottman | David Shaw-Parker | Jennie Goossens | Niall Padden | Robert Clare | Philip Dennis | John Tramper | Geoffrey Freshwater | Alexandra Brook | Simon Clark | Paul Basson | Stephen Kennedy | Dennis Clinton | George Parsons | Penelope Beaumont | Clare Byam-Shaw | Cathy Finlay