Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
- Directed by
- Michael Gordon
- Genre
- swashbuckler film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 76 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A poetic swordsman with a large nose helps his friend woo a woman, while hiding his own love for her. The story is about honor, wit, and unrequited affection set in 17th century France.
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What happens
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 American adventure film based on the 1897 French alexandrine 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 film version in English of Rostand's play, although there had been several previous film adaptations in various languages. The film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Michael Gordon. José Ferrer received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Cyrano de Bergerac. The film lapsed into the public domain in the mid-1980s. In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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