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Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

Directing·1885–1957·63 films

Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957), known as Sacha Guitry, was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to who

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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)
The Story of a Cheat
The Story of a Cheat (1936)le tricheur
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)Louis XIV (older)
Napoleon
Napoleon (1955)Talleyrand
Quadrille
Quadrille (1938)Philippe de Morannes, journaliste
The Pearls of the Crown
The Pearls of the Crown (1937)Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III
Let's Make a Dream
Let's Make a Dream (1936)L'Amant
The Virtuous Scoundrel
The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)Self in the prologue / Narrator (uncredited)
Désiré
Désiré (1937)Désiré, le valet de chambre
The New Testament
The New Testament (1936)Le Docteur Marcelin
If Paris Were Told to Us
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)le narrateur et Louis XI
The Devil Who Limped
The Devil Who Limped (1948)Talleyrand
Mlle. Desiree
Mlle. Desiree (1942)Napoléon 1er
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)Le Professeur, Louis XV, Ludovic, Jean-Louis et Napoléon III
Nine Bachelors
Nine Bachelors (1939)Jean Lécuyer
Le Mot de Cambronne
Le Mot de Cambronne (1937)Le général Pierre Cambronne
Good Luck
Good Luck (1935)Claude
My Last Mistress
My Last Mistress (1943)François
My Father Was Right
My Father Was Right (1936)Charles Bellanger
I Was It Three Times
I Was It Three Times (1952)Jean Renneval
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera (2020)
Two Doves
Two Doves (1949)Maître Jean-Pierre Walter
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)Le baron de Saint-Rambert
The Private Life of an Actor
The Private Life of an Actor (1948)Lucien Guitry et Sacha Guitry
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)Mancha y Zaragosa
The Treasure of Cantenac
The Treasure of Cantenac (1950)Baron of Cantenac
Pasteur
Pasteur (1935)Louis Pasteur
Toâ
Toâ (1949)Michel Desnoyers
La Malibran
La Malibran (1944)Eugène Malibran
Deburau
Deburau (1951)Jean-Gaspard Deburau
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (1944)Narrator (voice)
Un roman d’amour et d’aventures
Un roman d’amour et d’aventures (1918)Jean et Jacques Sarrazin
Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs
Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs (1934)Self

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