Cyrano de Bergerac
MovieTitle | Cyrano de Bergerac |
User score | 5.7 |
Release date | May 21, 1900 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Director | Clément Maurice |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre |
Run time | 2 min. |
Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, 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.