- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 20, 1885
- Place of Birth
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Died
- July 24, 1957
Sacha Guitry
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 whom he was married between 1919 and 1932. Guitry's plays range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have musical scores, by composers including André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. When silent films became popular Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to d…
Filmography
movieN'écoutez pas mesdames
2021 · Writer
movieA Night at the Opera
2020
movieUne folie
2016 · Writer
movieQuadrille
2013 · Author
movieUn type dans le genre de Napoléon
2008 · Theatre Play
movieFaisons un rêve
2007 · Author
movieMon père avait raison
2007 · Writer
movieA Crime in Paradise
2001 · Writer
movieLe Nouveau Testament
1999 · Author
The Comedian
movieThe Comedian
1997 · Theatre Play
movieQuadrille
1997 · Screenplay
movieLe Veilleur de nuit
1996 · Theatre Play
movieMon père avait raison
1996 · Writer
movieLa Jalousie
1992 · Author
movieGeorges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche
1985 · Author
movieNono
1984 · Screenplay
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tvEncyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa Jalousie
1976 · Screenplay
movieLa Pèlerine écossaise
1972 · Author
Zwei ganze Tage
movieZwei ganze Tage
1970 · Original Story
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
movieVingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
1969 · Songs
tvOoh La La!
1968 · Theatre Play
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · Theatre Play, Author
movieThe Nabob Affair
1960 · Writer
movieLife Together
1958 · Writer
movieThree Make a Pair
1957 · Director, Writer
movieMurderers and Thieves
1956 · Director, Writer
movieIf Paris Were Told to Us
1956 · le narrateur et Louis XI, Director, Story
movieNapoleon
1955 · Talleyrand, Writer, Director
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Louis XIV (older), Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Virtuous Scoundrel
1953 · Self in the prologue / Narrator (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieI Was It Three Times
1952 · Jean Renneval, Director, Writer
moviePoison
1951 · Director, Writer
movieAdhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951 · Writer
movieDeburau
1951 · Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Director, Writer
movieTu m'as sauvé la vie
1950 · Le baron de Saint-Rambert, Director
movieThe Treasure of Cantenac
1950 · Baron of Cantenac, Director
movieRendezvous in July
1949 · Story
movieToâ
1949 · Michel Desnoyers, Director, Screenplay
movieTwo Doves
1949 · Maître Jean-Pierre Walter, Dialogue, Adaptation, Screenplay, Director
movieThe Devil Who Limped
1948 · Talleyrand, Director, Writer
movieThe Private Life of an Actor
1948 · Lucien Guitry et Sacha Guitry, Director
movieParis 1900
1948 · Consulting Producer
movieFrom Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
1944 · Narrator (voice), Director
movieLa Malibran
1944 · Eugène Malibran, Director, Writer
movieMy Last Mistress
1943 · François, Writer, Director
movieMlle. Desiree
1942 · Napoléon 1er, Director
movieLucky Partners
1940 · Story
movieNine Bachelors
1939 · Jean Lécuyer, Director, Writer
movieLet’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
1938 · Le Professeur, Louis XV, Ludovic, Jean-Louis et Napoléon III, Director, Writer
movieL'Accroche-cœur
1938 · Writer
movieBluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)
movieQuadrille
1938 · Philippe de Morannes, journaliste, Director, Writer
movieDésiré
1937 · Désiré, le valet de chambre, Director, Writer
movieThe Pearls of the Crown
1937 · Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III, Director, Screenplay
movieLe Mot de Cambronne
1937 · Le général Pierre Cambronne, Writer, Director
movieLet's Make a Dream
1936 · L'Amant, Screenplay, Director, Theatre Play
movieMy Father Was Right
1936 · Charles Bellanger, Director, Writer
movieThe Story of a Cheat
1936 · le tricheur, Writer, Director
movieThe New Testament
1936 · Le Docteur Marcelin, Theatre Play, Screenplay, Dialogue, Director
movieGood Luck
1935 · Claude, Director, Writer
moviePasteur
1935 · Louis Pasteur, Director, Writer
movieDîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs
1934 · Self, Screenplay, Director, Dialogue
movieBlack and White
1931 · Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieSleeping Partners
1930 · Theatre Play
movieCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 · Mancha y Zaragosa
movieThe Clairvoyant
1924 · Theatre Play
movieThe Lover of Camille
1924 · Novel
Une petite main qui se place
movieUne petite main qui se place
1922 · Director
movieUn roman d’amour et d’aventures
1918 · Jean et Jacques Sarrazin, Screenplay
Oscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot
movieOscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot
1918 · Director
movieThose of Our Land
1915 · Director