Cyrano from Bergerac (1990)

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Movie
German title Cyrano de Bergerac
Original title Cyrano de Bergerac
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1990
length 138 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau
script Jean-Claude Carrière ,
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
production René Cleitman ,
Michel Seydoux ,
André Szots
music Jean-Claude Petit
camera Pierre Lhomme
cut Noëlle Boisson
occupation
synchronization

Cyrano von Bergerac (original title: Cyrano de Bergerac ) is a French historical film from 1990. It is a film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edmond Rostand , in which all dialogues and verbal battles are spoken in Alexandrians .

action

Paris , 1640: Cyrano de Bergerac , the great fencing master and freedom-loving poet with the pointed tongue and gigantic nose, falls in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane, but is too shy to approach her - he is afraid of being rejected because of his nose become. In addition, Roxane fell in love with the good-looking Christian who serves in Cyrano's guards, the Gascon Cadets ( Cadets de Gascogne ). Roxane, a passionate supporter of the so-called Precious , however, demands of her chosen one to be wooed wittily. Christian lacks any sense of poetry, however . Cyrano offers Christian his help with the solicitation of love: He writes artistic love letters to Roxane in Christian's name. This wins Christian Roxane's heart and hand, and both of them get married in secret.

Because Christian has a dangerous competitor: the influential Comte de Guiche, in-law relative of the Prime Minister, Cardinal Richelieu . Guiche had wanted to make Roxane his lover. As the new colonel of the guard troops, in revenge, he lets Christian march off into the war against Spain on their wedding night, together with the Gascon cadets . During the siege of Arras , the French attackers are in turn surrounded by Spanish reinforcements and are now in a desperate two-front battle. Cyrano tries by all means to keep the promise made to Roxane to protect Christian.

Roxane manages to get to the trapped French in disguise. Christian has now realized that he owes Roxane's love less to his own good looks than to Cyrano's soulful love letters. Bitterly, he urges Cyrano to reveal his own love to Roxane - the woman they both love is then asked to choose one of them. Before Roxane can learn the truth, Christian is killed in action. In order not to tarnish his memory, Cyrano continues to hide his feelings. Roxane retires to a monastery without becoming a nun. From now on Cyrano dedicates his life to his cousin and receives her the illusion of Christian's incomparable love poetry for 14 years. Only then does he accidentally give himself away, but a previously committed attempt on him prevents his late luck. Cyrano dies in the monastery garden in the presence of Roxane and his closest friends.

background

Fontenay Abbey, where the film was set

The shooting took place in France and Hungary. Interior shots and the scenes for the siege of Arras were shot in Budapest . Other locations were Le Mans , Dijon , Fontainebleau , Fontenay-le-Comte , Moret-sur-Loing and Uzès . A large part of the final scenes was filmed in the Romanesque monastery of Fontenay .

The film premiered on March 28, 1990 in France.

Reviews

"Elaborate remake of the romantic play of the same name by Edmond Rostand, which is made in magnificent pictures, which adheres closely to the original, presents all dialogues in verse and connects the story with elements of adventure and action films," said the film-dienst . Special praise went to the main actor Gérard Depardieu, who "shines in the title role of the unhappy lover between daring heroism and delicate poetry".

For epd Film , the film was "even better than the play" in that "the rhyming Alexandrians of the verse were largely retained" and "the original by Jean Claude Carrière and Rappeneau was vigorously edited, occasionally supplemented or shortened, if necessary modernized, made briefly suitable for film" have been. “Splendid cinema that appeals to all the senses,” was how Cinema summarized the film.

Awards

At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1990, the film took part in the competition for the Palme d' Or. Gérard Depardieu was named best actor and Pierre Lhomme received an award for his cinematography. Bergerac's Cyrano won the Golden Globe , the National Board of Review Award and the London Critics' Circle Film Award for best foreign language film . The film also won the David di Donatello for best foreign film and received the 1990 audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was also nominated for 13 Césars and received ten awards, which is still a record today. The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title “Particularly valuable”.

Gérard Depardieu at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival at the time of filming

Oscar 1991

BAFTA Awards 1992

César 1991

European film award 1990

synchronization

The German-language dubbed version was produced at Interopa Film in Berlin .

role actor Voice actor
Cyrano de Bergerac Gérard Depardieu Sebastian Fischer
Roxane Anne Brochet Anita Lochner
Christian de Neuvillette Vincent Perez Udo Schenk
Comte de Guiche Jacques Weber Lothar Blumhagen
Ragueneau Roland Bertin Wolfgang Völz
Le Bret Philippe Morier-Genoud Peter Matic
the father Alain Rimoux Klaus Jepsen
Sister Marthe Amélie Gonin Dorette Hugo
Mother Superior Madeleine Marion Tilly Lauenstein

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The historical model for Count Guiche is Antoine III. de Gramont , Comte de Guiche and Marshal of France.
  2. ↑ Cyrano from Bergerac. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 2, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ epd film . Evangelical press service , 1/1991.
  4. ↑ See cinema.de
  5. ↑ See fbw-filmb Bewertung.com
  6. ↑ Cyrano from Bergerac. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 2, 2018 .