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Cyrano de Bergerac ()

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The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
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Cyrano
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Roxane
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Christian
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Le Bret
Ralph Clanton ...
De Guiche
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Ragueneau
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Duenna
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Cardinal
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Orange Girl
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Valvert
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Montfleury
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The Meddler
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Bellerose
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Sister Marthe
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Doctor (as Gil Warren)
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Man with Gazette
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Guardsman
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Marquis
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Cadet
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Cadet
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Cadet
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Cadet
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Capuchin Monk
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Bobbie Hale ...
Cavalier (uncredited)
John Harmon ...
Lackey (uncredited)
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Cavalier (uncredited)
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Cavalier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Gordon

Written by

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Edmond Rostand ... (play)
 
Brian Hooker ... (play translation)
 
Carl Foreman ... (screenplay)
 
Carl Foreman ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited)

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Georges Glass ... associate producer
Stanley Kramer ... producer

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Dimitri Tiomkin

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Franz Planer ... director of cinematography (as Frank Planer)

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Harry Gerstad ... (as Henry Gerstad)

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Rudolph Sternad

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Edward G. Boyle

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Gustaf Norin ... makeup creator
Josef Norin ... makeup creator
Helen Turpin ... hair stylist

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Clem Beauchamp ... production manager

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Ivan Volkman ... assistant director

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Jean L. Speak ... sound engineer (as Jean Speak)

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Morris Rosen ... head grip
Hal McAlpin ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dave Ragin ... camera operator (uncredited)
Don Stott ... gaffer (uncredited)

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Dorothy Jeakins ... costumes: Mala Powers
Joe King ... costume supervisor
Ann Peck ... wardrobe: ladies

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... musical director
Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Jules V. Levy ... script clerk (as Jules Levy)

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Fred Cavens ... fencing master
Stanley Kramer ... presenter
Laure Lourié ... technical advisor (as Laure de Zarate)
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Plot Summary

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. Much cut from the play, but dialogue not rewritten. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines The most fabulous hero of all time, with the most famous nose in history! He fought because of it! He loved in spite of it! He lived to immortalize it! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Cyrano De Bergerac (Canada, English title)
  • Cyrano - miekan sankari (Finland)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - miekan mestari (Finland)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - den sidste musketer (Denmark)
  • Der letzte Musketier (Austria)
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  • 113 min
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Budget $400,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The false nose that José Ferrer wore as Cyrano was reported to have cost United Artists $1,500. See more »
Goofs During the balcony scene, Cyrano's white plume is dark. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Cyrano De Bergerac (1956). See more »
Quotes Vicomte de Valvert: Monsieur, your nose... your nose is rather large.
Cyrano de Bergerac: Rather?
Vicomte de Valvert: Oh, well...
Cyrano de Bergerac: Is that all?
Vicomte de Valvert: Well of course...
Cyrano de Bergerac: Oh, no, young sir. You are too simple. Why, you might have said a great many things. Why waste your opportunity? For example, thus: AGGRESSIVE: I, sir, if that nose were mine, I'd have it amputated on the spot. PRACTICAL: How do you drink with such a nose? You must have had a cup made especially. DESCRIPTIVE: 'Tis a rock, a crag, a cape! A cape? Say rather, a peninsula! INQUISITIVE: What is that receptacle? A razor case or a portfolio? KINDLY: Ah, do you love the little birds so much that when they come to see you, you give them this to perch on. CAUTIOUS: Take care! A weight like that might make you top-heavy. ELOQUENT: When it blows, the typhoon howls, and the clouds darken! DRAMATIC: When it bleeds, the Red Sea. SIMPLE: When do they unveil the monument? MILITARY: Beware, a secret weapon. ENTERPRISING: What a sign for some perfumer! RESPECTFUL: Sir, I recognize in you a man of parts. A man of... prominence! Or, LITERARY: Was this the nose that launched a thousand ships? These, my dear sir, are things you might have said, had you some tinge of letters or of wit to color your discourse. But wit? Not so, you never had an atom. And of letters, you need but three to write you down: A, S, S. Ass!
Vicomte de Valvert: Insolent puppy, dolt, bunpkin, fool!
Cyrano de Bergerac: How do you do? And I, Cyrano Savinien Hercule de Bergerac.
Antoine Comte de Guiche: Vicomte, come.
Vicomte de Valvert: Such arrogance, this scarecrow. Look at him! No ribbons, no lace, not even gloves!
Cyrano de Bergerac: True! I carry my adornments only on my soul, decked with deeds instead of ribbons. Manful in my good name, and crowned with the white plume of freedom.
Vicomte de Valvert: But...
Cyrano de Bergerac: But, I have no gloves. A pity too. I had one - the last of an old pair - and lost that. Very careless of me. A gentleman offered me an impertinence. I left it - in his face.
Vicomte de Valvert: [Drawing his rapier] So be it!
Cyrano de Bergerac: You shall die exquisitely!
Vicomte de Valvert: Oh, a poet?
Cyrano de Bergerac: Oh, yes, a poet. So, while we fight, I'll improvise a ballade for you, and as I end the refrain, thrust home.
Vicomte de Valvert: Will you?
Cyrano de Bergerac: I will. Ballade of the duel at the Theatre of the Burgoyne, between de Bergerac and... a barbarian.
Vicomte de Valvert: What do you mean by that?
Cyrano de Bergerac: Oh, that? The title.
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