Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.
La obra teatral CYRANO DE BERGERAC puede considerarse un clásico instantáneo. El verso de Edmond Ronstad, los amores de Cyrano por Roxane encauzados a través de Christian —joven sin discurso también enamorado de la bella— el aura patriótica de Cyrano, su capacidad de sacrificio y el hecho de estar inspirado en un personaje real de nariz tan legendaria como la de Cleopatra, convirtieron en éxito inmediato a esta obra estrenada en 1897. En 1920 ya contaba con cinco adaptaciones al cine y la de Augusto Genina se erigió por encima de todas las anteriores e, incluso, las posteriores sonoras. Protagonizado por el segundo actor que interpretó el personaje en escena, el film fue realizado en 1922 y durante cerca de 3 años fue sometido al laborioso coloreado de su largo metraje, por medio de plantillas fotograma a fotograma.
Violette Miroy is a young woman in Paris whose well-off parents recently died having largely spent all their resources. She meets the mysterious Georges and they fall in love, yet being a well-brought-up lady she insists on marriage; The wedding takes place and they have five happy years together. Violette discovers by chance that her husband is the second son of the Queen. Prince Harold, the Crown Prince, is deeply envious of his younger brother, whose happiness with Violette is in stark contrast to his own betrothal to the haughty Princess Augusta. After a heart-to-heart with Violette, Harold realizes he’ll never be loved for himself alone, and in a fit of despair he kills himself. Georges is called to his mother’s side, and the formidable Queen insists the new heir apparent give up his wife, ordering Lolet kidnapped in order to convince Violette to renounce any thoughts of remaining married to her husband.
