You wouldnt know it though, based on the trailer here. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapiersharp wit, he. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Rostand was a fan of dumas novel, and he both parodies and. I downloaded the mpeg2 and had no problems burning it to dvd so i could view it on tv. The film, tinted with color and synchronized to a wax cylinder recording, is thought to be the first film made with both color and sound. Everything about this production is absolute perfection. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. This story set in seventeenthcentury france of the ugly man who helps another in his. The movie stays true to the play for the most part. And i want his hamlet on tv again so i can record and keep. Lol this is testing my english comprehension skills so hard rn. Cyrano is a poet with a long nose who is deeply in love with roxane but doesnt have the courage to tell her. With jose ferrer, mala powers, william prince, morris carnovsky.
Translated from the french by gladys thomas and mary f. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary the film is the first theatrical film version of rostands original. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Pay special attention, however, to the many references to alexandre dumas 1844 novel the three musketeers. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by. The charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.