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Cyrano de Bergerac
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Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Gordon and produced by Stanley Kramer. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, based on the work by Edmond Rostand. The cast includes José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, and Don Beddoe. Dimitri Tiomkin composed the music, while Franz Planer served as director of photography and Harry W. Gerstad as film editor. The narrative is set in France and is presented in black-and-white.
The film has a runtime of 113 minutes and was distributed by United Artists and Netflix. It is also available via video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and YouTube TV. Critical reception includes a review score of 7/10 and 74%, with an IMDb rating of 7.4. The film received an Academy Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the same award. It is also recognized in the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films and the Academy Award Best Actor collection.
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Film · TMDB
6.9France, 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.
Cast
- José Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Mala Powers as Roxane
- William Prince as Christian de Neuvillette
- Morris Carnovsky as Le Bret
- Ralph Clanton as Antoine Comte de Guiche
- Lloyd Corrigan as Ragueneau
Themes
- paris, france
- poet
- nose
- based on play or musical
- swordsman
- unrequited love
- 17th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- swashbuckler film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Director
- Michael Gordon
- Screenwriter
- Carl Foreman
- Cast member
- John Crawford
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Producer
- Stanley Kramer
- Cinematographer
- Franz Planer
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 593788
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- José Ferrer-Mala Powers in Cyrano de Bergerac 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)
- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Harry W. Gerstad
- color
- black-and-white
- after a work by
- Edmond Rostand
- review score
- 74%
- copyright status
- public domain
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