Cyrano de Bergerac is a Franco-Italian silent romantic drama film directed by Augusto Genina in 1922 based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] Cyrano, a Frenchman celebrated as a hero, poet, and soldier, wins fear and respect because of his swordsmanship.

When he falls in love with a young woman, Roxanne, he courts her by proxy.

Marie-Berthe Thuillier, the most famous stencil-color artist, by projecting each frame onto a ground glass screen, and tracing with a Pantograph.

These stencils were then used to apply colors to black-and-white prints in a process similar to silk-screening.