Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Cyrano De Bergerac [DVD] [1990]

G�rard Depardieu (Actor), Anne Brochet (Actor), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Director) | Rated: Universal, suitable for all | Format: DVD

4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.

Shop on Amazon.co.uk, Pay with Your Local Currency
Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More.

› See more product promotions

Rent or Watch at LOVEFiLM

Amazon.co.uk’s choice for film and TV series rental has over 70,000 titles, including thousands to watch online - search LOVEFiLM for titles. Enjoy a 30-day free trial and a �15 Amazon.co.uk gift certificate. Learn more at LOVEFiLM.com

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

Cyrano De Bergerac [DVD] DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars (23)

�11.29

Jean De Florette / Manon Des Sources Double Pack [DVD] [1986] ~ Yves Montand DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars (75)

�4.29

La Gloire De Mon Pere [DVD] DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars (31)

�6.49

La Reine Margot [DVD] [1995] ~ Isabelle Adjani DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars (32)

�4.29

› Explore similar items

Product details

Actors: G�rard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin
Directors: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Writers: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Edmond Rostand, Jean-Claude Carri�re
Producers: Andr� Sz�ts, Michel Seydoux, Ren� Cleitman
Format: PAL
Language French
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Tartan
DVD Release Date: 20 Nov 2000
Run Time: 137 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004Y3OX
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,011 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere had the brilliant idea of casting France's most lovably vulnerable hunk, the massive Gerard Depardieu, in one of French literature's meatiest roles: the sword-wielding poet Cyrano. Equipped with a massive nose and a heart to match, Depardieu soars as the heart-broken soldier who must lendhis words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. Rappeneau spared no expense in taking this Edmond Rostand play into realistic locations for the battle scenes in the second act, making the film as exciting as it is romantic and funny. Depardieu attacks the role in great gulps, consuming all the oxygen in any room he enters. Macho but sensitive, he creates a larger-than-life Cyrano, whose wrenching sadness at the lack of interest from his lady love will have you reaching for the tissues. --Marshall Fine

Special Features

4:3 Full Frame
DVD 9
French
Region 0
Dolby Digital French
Dolby Digital
Interview
Production Notes
Scene Selection
Star And Directors Filmographies
Still Gallery
English

See all Reviews

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Jean De Florette / Manon Des Sources Double Pa... DVD ~ Yves Montand
4.8 out of 5 stars (75)

�4.29
La Gloire De Mon Pere [DVD]
4.2 out of 5 stars (31)

�6.49
Le Chateau De Ma Mere [DVD]
4.6 out of 5 stars (29)

�6.49
The Count of Monte Cristo [DVD]
4.2 out of 5 stars (17)

�5.47
Danton [DVD] DVD ~ G�rard Depardieu
4.7 out of 5 stars (9)

�11.71
The Gerard Depardieu Collection [DVD] DVD ~ Gerard Depardieu
4.3 out of 5 stars (10)

�11.97

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

world cinema(3)

french history(1)

outre(1)

swashbuckler(1)

swashbuckling(1)

Agree with these tags?

Customer Reviews

23 Reviews

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.6 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cyrano de Bergerac, 8 Dec 2006

Mr. C. J. C. Barker - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cyrano De Bergerac [DVD] (DVD)

Be warned! The subtitles on this release are awful! Only half of the dialogue has been transcribed into subtitles! If you love this film & don't speak fluent French you will be climbing the walls with frustration as you notice that line after line is not subtitled, compared to the full and complete subtitling available on the Taratn Video DVD edition. Buy that one instead! The 5 stars are for the film itself, which is a solid-gold masterpiece.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comment

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one to get!, 9 Sep 2008

N. C. Bateman (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cyrano De Bergerac [DVD] (DVD)

The DVD from 2000 is very disappointing from a technical point of view, but this is a great improvement (it goes without saying that the film is wonderful). I had the earlier one and gladly replaced it with this and I'm here to spread the good news...

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comments (4)

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the high water marks of French cinema, 23 July 2006

Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Cyrano De Bergerac [DVD] (DVD)

Jean-Paul Rappeneau's wonderfully cinematic version of Cyrano De Bergerac is one of the genuine high water marks of modern French cinema. Rappeneau is a director who really understands movement, and his far from static approach revitalizes the piece and frees it from the tyranny of the wonderful words to give it wings, while Gerard Depardieu's magnificent Cyrano keeps the film's emotions beautifully grounded. For once the supporting characters aren't played as idiots: Christian is no fool, merely an inarticulate man increasingly aware that his is a false victory, and the Comte De Guiche is allowed more dignity than you'd expect from a part that's usually reduced to mere comedy villainy.

Almost everything about the film is perfect, from Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carriere's superb screenplay to Jean-Claude Petit's restrained score, which subtly underlines the emotions rather than play up the pathos (a shame his action cues use a thinly-disguised version of Danny Elfman's Batman theme: someone obviously fell in love with the temp track). Wonderful stuff, even if Cyrano takes longer to shuffle off this mortal coil than Brando did in Mutiny on the Bounty.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comment

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 23 customer reviews on Amazon.co.uk

Would you like to see more reviews about this item?

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 102 reviews 4.6 out of 5 stars

Were these reviews helpful? Let us know

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the expensive DVD but well sub-titled
For French speakers, any version will do but, for non-French speakers who depend on sub-titles, there are various versions, some of which are very poor, i.e. Read more

Published 2 months ago by RR Waller

5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonderful
The heroic play of Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Rostand in 1897, echoing the much earlier classic French romantic works of Hugo, Gautier and of course Dumas. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Alvis

2.0 out of 5 stars Great play, miscast Cyrano and a dull, flat English translation
"Cyrano" is one of the greatest verse plays ever written.

Unfortunately Gerard Depardieu is no Cyrano. Read more

Published 17 months ago by L. E. Cantrell

5.0 out of 5 stars New Pointed Direction
The battle of love between the rich and the not so rich set during the wars of religion. France assists the Dutch against the Spanish in the 30 years War. Read more

Published 18 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles

5.0 out of 5 stars Cyrano by Depardieu
Aweinspiring acting by Depardieu, spent much of the film in or close to tears, the use of subtitles in verse is very clever and compliments the acting perfectly, even when the... Read more

Published 19 months ago by Michelle Scutt

5.0 out of 5 stars a master piece
A must have for romantics, poetics and lovers of quality films and also,for me was the amazing skill with words.

Published on 25 Jan 2010 by kouks

5.0 out of 5 stars A Quality Epic
Don't be put off by the fact that this film is subtitled: it's so full of action that the dialogue can be regarded as secondary. Read more

Published on 12 Oct 2009 by W. Gaunt

4.0 out of 5 stars "I can never be loved, even by the ugliest. My nose precedes me by fifteen minutes".
Cyrano de Bergerac was originally a verse-play, written by Edmond Rostand in 1897. This story set in seventeenth-century France of the ugly man who helps another in his suit for... Read more

Published on 14 Jan 2009 by Nicholas Casley

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Depardieu
Edmond Rostand's 19th play is brilliantly adapted here by director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and perhaps when I watch the film again I may give it 5 stars like the other reviewers... Read more

Published on 25 Nov 2007 by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars Cyrano and Depardieu, with panache
In a Parisian theater, where Cyrano has just run off a portly, mannered spouter of bad verse, a man makes the error of noticing Cyrano's nose. Read more

Published on 15 July 2007 by C. O. DeRiemer

› See all 23 customer reviews on Amazon.co.uk

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
comedy forum Life's Too Short: you said it...	338	41 minutes ago
drama forum Sexiest sex scene in movies?	117	2 hours ago
comedy forum Funniest movie ever made ?	94	2 hours ago
drama forum best film you ever seen	120	6 hours ago
drama forum Films that made you cry??	355	6 hours ago
drama forum what's been the scariest film you have seen?	340	6 hours ago
world cinema forum What are your top 3 foreign films of all time?	288	13 hours ago
world cinema forum Who did you fancy in movies. Gay or straight answers.	17	4 days ago