The last musketeer

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Movie
German title The last musketeer
Original title Cyrano de Bergerac
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 112 minutes
Rod
Director Michael Gordon
script Carl Foreman
production Stanley Kramer
music Dimitri Tiomkin
camera Franz Planner
cut Harry W. Gerstad
occupation

The Last Musketeer (original title: Cyrano de Bergerac ) is a 1950 black and white film produced in the United States with José Ferrer in the lead role .

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Cyrano de Bergerac, a poet who makes many enemies with his pointy pen, is a feared swordsman. But secretly he suffers from his huge nose.

Immortal in love with his cousin Roxanne, he doesn't dare to reveal his feelings to her because of his looks. When she tells him that she has fallen in love with the handsome musketeer Christian de Neuvillette, who serves in the same regiment as Cyrano, she asks him to protect Christian. He visits Christian and learns that he reciprocates Roxanne's feelings, but is unable to express them appropriately. In order to help the two of them and to be able to express his feelings through Christian Roxanne, he whispers his text to Christian.

Meanwhile, Count Guiche Roxanne wants to marry, but is held up by Cyrano until she is married to Christian. Angry about this, Guiche calls Christian to his regiment going to war. Cyrano writes her letters from the field every day. One day Roxanne visits Christian and tells him that she fell in love with him not only because of his looks, but because of his words. Christian realizes that Roxanne actually loves Cyrano and persuades him to confess everything so that Roxanne can decide. But before that happens, Christian is killed in battle. Out of grief, Roxanne enters a monastery. Cyrano has been visiting her weekly for years. One day he is murdered on the way to see Roxanne. Badly injured, he hides his injuries and seeks them out. Weak, he recites a letter in his head that he once wrote to her in Christian's name. Roxanne knows the truth now, but Cyrano dies in her arms.

background

The film is based on the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by the French writer Edmond Rostand .

Awards

Academy Awards 1951
Golden Globe Awards 1951

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