Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 Adventure) | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Movie, Subtitles

The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.

Director: Michael Gordon
Writers: Edmond Rostand, Brian Hooker 
Stars: José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince 
Genre:  Classics, Adventure, Drama, Romance

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[missjennemeg]

I watched this for the first time tonight. I bawled like a baby. Don't waste your life: tell the ones around you that you love them, and fully embrace, and engage in, the precious lives of those around you.

[f.r.wilson]

“Happy? I am going to be a storm-a flame- I need to fight whole armies alone; I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel too strong to war with mortals- BRING ME GIANTS!” my God, what a line.

[melissasaint]

I can't believe such a high quality copy of such a wonderful film is online for free.
Thank you!

[catwitch]

*Time stamps*
Servant girl offering food: 16:58
Discussing love: 19:05
Roxanne arrives: 30:23
Roxanne describes her love: 32:46
Visiting Roxanne: 52:57
Reading poetry: 1:00:21

[VonSolo]

One of my favorite films and plays of all time. Jose Ferrer is so utterly tremendous and heartbreaking and Mala Powers is so lovely and true as Roxanne.

[raultorresrobles]

A monumental film! Can't remember how many times I have seen it throughout the years. Ferrer received an Oscar when the Oscars had a true meaning of reward...my opinion, of course.

[timothydavis]

Cyrano de Bergerac is a cinematic masterpiece, one of the greatest love stories of all time. It has all the ingredients of the purest of love stories: romance, bravery, poetry, passion, an ever thickening plot, and a final climactic, heartbreaking conclusion. All men long for a Roxanne, all women a Cyrano. "We all have our old wounds", says the beautiful Roxanne. Love longed for, love hoped for, and love that escapes our grasp....is the fate of fools. A fool because we fear the rejection of love that could bring us happiness for a lifetime. We all live in our own little fantasy world, and the best we can do is to try and make that fantasy a reality.

[twalk]

First read this in high school 50+ years ago. Read it in French in college. Was the fencing champion of my freshman class. A classic story of epic personality, my lifetime hero. Thank you Edmond Rostand for your literary contribution, which has travelled with me all my life since. May all young men read it for themselves, and be some small replica of Cyrano, to their own benefit, and to all of us as well.

[DavidRice]

Jose Ferrer- actor extraordinaire! Here, in Caine Mutiny, Moulin Rouge- 1950, and so many other fine films. Where has hollywood gone?

[hadassahrose]

Jose Ferrer IS Cyrano! His acting is brilliant. Great classic movie!

[marcco]

brilliant example of an actor at his very best

[dudovich]

Magnificently and poetically written. Beautiful language and a work of art.

[j.b.]

The swordplay in this film is monumental.

[jeanneratterman]

I saw this film on our small b&w tv when I was a kid, early 1960’s. I was glued to Jose Ferrer’s performance. I never forgot it. He touched something inside me and I never forgot.

[Eyeballman]

Oh my, you spoil us. The entire movie? What a delightful treat!

[carolynkauppila]

I watched this for the first time as a romantic teenager on the late, late movie I'm sure. I was so in love. I bought the book. The play. I watched it, read it and cried each time. Taking my literature finals there was an excerpt from the book that had to be broken down and analyzed. Lucky me. All I had to do was answer the questions. Later I bought this on DVD.

[MarieAntoon]

SQUEEE!!! I love this movie! Jose Ferrer is SO good as Cyano.

[raultorresrobles]

A small anecdote regarding José Ferrer...in the 1940's he performed Iago with Paul Robeson (Othello) in B'way. At the end of the show, the public would wait for Ferrer to lynch him! he was so good and convincing. If you ever visit Puerto Rico, don't miss visiting the historical cemetery in San Juan and see the impressive tomb of the Ferrer family with a statue of José as a teenager...

[garypuckettmuse]

One of the best films I've ever seen! I've never seen it before and it's just perfection in every way. Yes, Ferrer is genius in the role but everything about this film is a gem too; the directing, the sword fighting, even the battle sequence was so well done. That tone somewhere between fantasy and reality, comedy and tragedy. I will definitely watch this again and I can only say that about a handful of films. Thank you for putting this on youtube!

[kimbonser]

This motion picture is magnificent. I saw this on TV way back in the 20th century ; circa 1968. I would have been 10. I was so enamoured of Cyrano that I read Edmond Rostand's play and caught up with every version I could in the decades following. And there have been a lot of Cyrano's since then. But Mr Ferrer is, for me, the only Cyrano. And what a fantastic screenplay adaptation.
"Mon Panache" ; Totally.