Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950) - B&W - 112 min
Starring - José Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac, Mala Powers as Roxane, William Prince as Christian de Neuvillette, Ralph Clanton as Antoine Comte de Guiche, Morris Carnovsky as Le Bret, Edgar Barrier as Cardinal Richelieu, Lloyd Corrigan as Ragueneau, Albert Cavens as Vicomte de Valvert, Virginia Farmer as Duenna,
Directed by - Michael Gordon

Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Jose Ferrer as Cyrano in the screen adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic play, a gifted poet, wordsmith, swordsman, and a man with a beautiful and tender heart was also given a monster sized nose, that reminds one of the proboscis monkey - it is huge and hideous, a perfect foil for the lavish gifts he has been given. Cyrano loves a beautiful woman named Roxane, who happens to be a distant cousin, but he is afraid to tell her how he feels about her, because he is afraid of rejection.




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