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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

The Most Loved of All Love Stories!

19506.81h 53m

Overview

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

Directed by Michael Gordon
Written by Carl Foreman, Edmond Rostand, Brian Hooker
Produced by Stanley Kramer
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Top Cast

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Cyrano de Bergerac

Mala Powers

Mala Powers

Roxane

William Prince

William Prince

Christian de Neuvillette

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Le Bret

Ralph Clanton

Ralph Clanton

Antoine Comte de Guiche

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

Ragueneau

Virginia Farmer

Virginia Farmer

Duenna

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Cardinal Richelieu

Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

Orange Girl

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Albert Cavens

Vicomte de Valvert

Themes & Keywords

paris, francepoetnosebased on play or musicalswordsmanunrequited love17th century

About Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac is a romance, drama, adventure film released in 1950 exploring themes of paris, france, poet, nose, based on play or musical, swordsman, unrequited love. Directed by Michael Gordon, it stars José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince. France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

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