Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)

1900 · Silent film · 2 min · dir. Clément Maurice

• Comedy
• Drama

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

Clément Maurice

Studio

Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre

Released

1900-05-21

Running time

2 minutes

Cast & crew

• Clément Maurice Director
• BBenoit Constant Coquelin

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