History Film / CyranoDeBergerac

* LargeHam: It is a requirement to be this when playing the role of Cyrano of course, but to render it moviewise, someone like Gérard Depardieu was needed. And he didn't disappoint.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene rips off Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' score, of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ Listen for youself]].

In 17th century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac is an improvisatory poet and swashbuckler with a large nose of which he is self-conscious, but pretends to be proud. He is madly in love with his cousin, the beautiful Roxane. However, he does not believe she will requite his love because he considers himself physically unattractive, due to his overly large nose. Soon, he finds out that Roxane has become infatuated with Christian de Neuvillette, a dashing new recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne (the military unit in which Cyrano is serving). Christian however, despite his good looks, is tongue-tied and clueless when speaking with women, lacking Cyrano's talent when it comes to improvise poetry. Seeing an opportunity to vicariously declare his love for Roxane, Cyrano decides to help Christian.

* ActorAllusion: Francis Weber, who plays the Count de Guiche in the film, played Cyrano in Jérôme Savary's stage version in 1983.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene has one of Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' score, of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ Listen for youself]].
* OneManArmy: The play only states by way of OffscreenMomentOfAwesome that Cyrano goes the Porte de Nesle to protect Lignière from dozens of {{mook}}s who are waiting there to ambush and kill him. In the film, the battle happens on screen, with Cyrano displaying much badassery as he throws himself ''alone'' in the fight, mows a lot of enemies down and survives without a scratch to tell the tale.

The 1990 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of Edmond Rostand's play ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. It stars Creator/GerardDepardieu as Cyrano, Creator/VincentPerez as Christian de Neuvillette, Anne Brochet as Roxane and Jacques Weber as Count Antoine de Guiche.

The film is considered as one of the most faithful and lavish adaptations of the play to the big screen to this day, and won a number of awards including the César for Best Film and Best Actor (for Depardieu), and the Oscar for Best Costume Design. In 2010, it was ranked #43 in Empire's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list.

The 1990 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of Edmond Rostand's play ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. It stars Creator/GerardDepardieu as Cyrano, Vincent Pérez as Christian de Neuvillette, Anne Brochet as Roxane and Jacques Weber as Count Antoine de Guiche.

* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is the most action-packed version of the play, with two SwordFight scenes and a war scene.

** While most of the verses were kept untouched (the film is considered as one of the most faithful screen adaptations of the play), some of them were AdaptedOut to better blend the play into the film format.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the play, Roxane goes through the Spanish lines entirely by herself, [[HeroicSeductress charming her way through their troops]] with no trouble. In the movie, she does get in trouble and has to be rescued by Christian.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene has one of Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/Batman1989'' score, of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ Listen for youself]].

** The film's English subtitles are based on the [[{{Woolseyism}} clever adaptation]] Creator/AnthonyBurgess made of the play's verses rather than on a literal translation, in order to keep the work as rhyming as possible.

** The film's English subtitles are based on the clever adaptation Creator/AnthonyBurgess made of the play's verses rather than on a literal translation, in order to keep the work as rhyming as possible.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene has one of Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/{{Batman}}'' score, of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ Listen for youself]].

* ActorAllusion: Francis Weber, who plays the Count de Guiche in the film, played Cyrano in Jérôme Savary's well-known 1983 stage version.

** The film's English subtitles are based on Creator/AnthonyBurgess' adaptation of the play's verses rather than on a literal translation, in order to keep the work as rhyming as possible.

* ActorAllusion: Francis Weber, who plays the Count de Guiche in the film]], played Cyrano in Jérôme Savary's well-known 1983 stage version.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene has one of Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/{{Batman}}'' score, of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ See for youself]].

* LargeHam: It is a requirement to be this when playing the role of course, but to render it moviewise, someone like Gérard Depardieu was needed. And he didn't disappoint.

* OneManArmy: The play only states by way of OffscreenMomentOfAwesome (or MilesGloriosus?) that Cyrano goes the Porte de Nesle to protect Lignière from dozens of {{mook}}s who are waiting there to ambush and kill him. In the film, the battle happens on screen, with Cyrano displaying much badassery as he throws himself ''alone'' in the fight, mows a lot of enemies down and survives without a scratch to tell the tale.

* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is the most action-packed version of the play, even though there are only two SwordFight scenes and a war scene.

* OneManArmy: The play only states the OffscreenMomentOfAwesome way that Cyrano goes the Porte de Nesle to protect Lignière from dozens of {{mook}}s who are waiting there to ambush and kill him. In the film, the battle happens on screen, with Cyrano displaying much badassery as he throws himself ''alone'' in the fight, mows a lot of enemies down and survives without a scratch to tell the tale.

* OneManArmy: The play only states ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome with an ellipse]]) that Cyrano goes the Porte de Nesle to protect Lignière from dozens of {{mook}}s who are waiting there to ambush and kill him. In the film, the battle happens on screen, with Cyrano displaying much badassery as he throws himself ''alone'' in the fight, mows a lot of enemies down and survives without a scratch to tell the tale.

The 1990 film adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. It stars Creator/GerardDepardieu as Cyrano, Vincent Pérez as Christian de Neuvillette, Anne Brochet as Roxane and Jacques Weber as Count Antoine de Guiche.

* LargeHam: It is a requirement to be this when playing the role of course, but to render it moviewise, someone like Gérard Depardieu was needed.

* PragmaticAdaptation: While most of the verses were kept untouched (the film is considered as one of the most faithful screen adaptations of the play), some of them were AdaptedOut to better blend the play into the film format.

* PragmaticAdaptation: While most of the verses were kept untouched (the film is considered as one of the most faithful to the play), some of them were AdaptedOut to better blend the play into the film format.

* OneManArmy: The play only states (with an ellipse) that Cyrano goes the Porte de Nesle to protect Lignière from dozens of {{mook}}s who are waiting there to ambush and kill him. In the film, the battle happens on screen, with Cyrano displaying much badassery as he throws himself ''alone'' in the fight, mows a lot of enemies down and survives without a scratch to tell the tale.