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Cyrano de Bergerac is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Gordon released in USA on 16 november 1950 with José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
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Add to a movie listCyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 black-and-white feature film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker's 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The film was the first motion picture version in English of Rostand's play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages.
The 1950 film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Michael Gordon. José Ferrer received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring performance as Cyrano de Bergerac. Mala Powers played Roxane, and William Prince portrayed Christian de Neuvillette.
The film is now in the public domain, and is available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats.
Synopsis
In seventeenth century Paris, poet and supreme swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac (José Ferrer) stops a play from being shown because he cannot stand the bombastic style of the principal actor, Montfleury (Arthur Blake). An annoyed aristocratic fop, the Vicomte de Valvert (Albert Cavens), provokes him into a duel by tritely insulting Cyrano's enormous nose. Cyrano first mocks his lack of wit, improvising numerous inventive ways in which Valvert could have phrased it (much to the amusement of the audience). He then composes a ballade for the occasion on the spot and recites it during the swordfight. With the last line, he stabs his opponent.Actors
José Ferrer
(Cyrano de Bergerac)
Mala Powers
(Roxane)
William Prince
(Christian de Neuvillette)
Don Beddoe
(The Meddler)
Morris Carnovsky
(Le Bret)
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