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Cyrano de Bergerac

The Most Loved of All Love Stories!

1950 · 1h 53m · N/A Adventure, Drama, Romance
Directed by Michael Gordon

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Overview

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.

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83%
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Fresh

Withal, there is beauty and magic in the things that Cyrano says. He is still a magnificent character. Thank goodness, he is on the screen.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

At least some of the lines in the Rostand play are good.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Audiences, traditionally willing to meet this impossibly romantic classic half way, may have to go a bit further this time.

TIME Magazine

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