Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 American adventure comedy film based on the 1897 French Alexandrin verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker's 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The film was the first motion picture version in English of Rostand's play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages.
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Screenplay by | Carl Foreman Brian Hooker (Translation) |
| Based on | Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand |
| Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
| Starring | José Ferrer Mala Powers William Prince |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Edited by | Harry W. Gerstad |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | Stanley Kramer Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.1 million |
| Box office | $1.9 million (US rentals) |
The 1950 film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Michael Gordon. José Ferrer received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring performance as Cyrano de Bergerac. Mala Powers played Roxane, and William Prince portrayed Christian de Neuvillette.
The film lapsed into the public domain in the mid-1980s. In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."