Cyrano de Bergerac

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Released Nov 16, 1950

1h 52m

Drama

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Poet, romantic and sword fighter Cyrano de Bergerac (Jose Ferrer) loves the beautiful Roxane (Mala Powers), but although he is proud enough of his bulbous proboscis that he regularly duels those who dare mock it, he fears she could never love a man with such an enormous nose. When he learns that she loves the handsome guardsman Christian (William Prince), Cyrano provides the tongue-tied young man with the words of love and devotion he wishes he could say to Roxanne himself.

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Catherine de la Roche

Sight & Sound

Although having genuine qualities in their own right, both performance and production fail to catch the essence of the play.

Sep 2, 2020

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Bruce Grant

The Age (Australia)

Ferrer dominates the film. Like him, it sparkles at the outset. But it begins to die a long while before he does.

Sep 2, 2020

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Times (UK) Staff

Times (UK)

Outside M. Ferrer's performance there is much to provoke disappointment.

Sep 2, 2020

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Christopher Kane

Modern Screen

I feel this is a fairly stock Cyrano, played the way almost any competent (or even exceptional) actor might have played it.

Jan 14, 2021

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Jane Corby

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Here's the perfect picture combination: America's first actor In one of the great theatrical roles of all time, in a production by Hollywood's newest genius of film making, Stanley Kramer.

Sep 2, 2020

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

The magnificent acting of José Ferrer and the clarion rhetoric of Edmond Rostand's semi-classic drama are not quite enough to conceal the central weaknesses of the story.

Sep 2, 2020

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Tim M

José Ferrer's titular performance being perfectly on the nose, Cyrano de Bergerac recreates perhaps the quintessential screen adaptation of the classic play.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Liam D

One of the defining adaptations of the famous story and one of the best thanks to the outstanding Oscar winning turn by José Ferrer (Dracula’s Dog, The Evil That Men Do)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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harwee h

Ferrer is excellent but not sure if everyone else rises to the same level

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/23

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Joel H

Cyrano de Bergerac is a favorite play of mine, and so I was excited to see it on the silver screen. However, even though this is a movie, it feels like a filmed play. It's static and flat. Nevertheless, José Ferrer does make a great Cyrano. He delivers the lines in a believable way, and comes across as both arrogant and likeable, which isn't an easy tightrope to walk. And the script allows Edmond Rostand's/Brian Hooker's words to stand in the spotlight. I love the dialogue. Therefore I like this movie, because it is Cyrano, but I don't love it because it isn't as cinematic as I would have anticipated.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/03/23

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Leaburn

It was really good 👍🏼

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/29/22

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paul d

My rating is an unhappy compromise between a very poor production (it felt more like an early 30's film than one shot in 1950, and the pace slowed excessively in the second half) and José Ferrer's magnificent, mesmerizing performance. He is the only reason to see this film, but it's a good reason indeed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Michael Gordon

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Cyrano de Bergerac

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Synopsis

Poet, romantic and sword fighter Cyrano de Bergerac (Jose Ferrer) loves the beautiful Roxane (Mala Powers), but although he is proud enough of his bulbous proboscis that he regularly duels those who dare mock it, he fears she could never love a man with such an enormous nose. When he learns that she loves the handsome guardsman Christian (William Prince), Cyrano provides the tongue-tied young man with the words of love and devotion he wishes he could say to Roxanne himself.

Director: Michael Gordon
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Stanley Kramer Company
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2011
Runtime: 1h 52m

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