Cyrano de Bergerac

movie

movie poster for Cyrano de Bergerac

Released May 21, 1900

Overview

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.