Edmond Rostand's ineffably romantic play about the big-nosed soldier and swordsman with a poet's soul looks stagey in this 1950 film adaptation. But, thanks to a heartfelt performance by Jose Ferrer (who won an Oscar for the role), the beauty of Ros…more »
Cyrano de Bergerac:
You may go/ Or tell me, why are you staring at my nose?
The Meddler:
No!
Cyrano de Bergerac:
It disgusts you then? Does its color appear to you unwholesome? /Or its form obscene? Perhaps a pimple ornaments the end of it, /Or a fly parading up and down,/ What is this portent, this phenomenon?
The Meddler:
But I've been careful not to look!
Cyrano de Bergerac:
And why not, if you please?/ Possibly you find it just a trifle large!
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