- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 11, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Genève, Switzerland
- Died
- July 21, 1990
Sacha Pitoëff
Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director. Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents Ludmilla (née Smanova) and Georges Pitoëff. Both of his parents were born in the city of Tbilisi (in modern-day Georgia), then a part of the Russian Empire. The Pitoëffs were prominent actors in France, Georges was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty, dedicated to rejuvenating the French theatre. Sacha graduated from Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. He studied acting and stage direction under Jouvet at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. During World War II, the younger Pitoëff followed his mother back to Switzerland, where he played his earliest roles. After the war he returned to Pa…
Filmography
moviePatrick Still Lives
1980 · Dr. Herschell
movieInferno
1980 · Kazanian
movieSubversion
1979 · Le Président
movieDossier 51
1978 · Minerve 1 (voice)
movieBarry of the Great St. Bernard
1977 · Sergeant
movieThe Carpathian Castle
1976 · Gortz
tvThe New Avengers
1976 · Kerov
tvLa Poupée sanglante
1976 · Doctor Sahib Khan
tvLes Grands Détectives
1975 · Arkabad
movieAntigone
1974 · Tiresias
movieThe Oil War Will Not Happen
1974 · Essaan
movieDiary of a Suicide
1973 · Le geôlier
movieEscape to the Sun
1972
tvSchulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
1971 · Dangberg
movieCatch Me a Spy
1971 · Stefan
tvGraf Luckner
1971 · Doktor Morgan
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieLancelot of the Lake
1970 · l'ennemi (voice)
movieDonkey Skin
1970 · The Prime Minister
movieLe Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970 · Prince Naroumof
movieLes salons de Baudelaire
1970 · Narrator
movieKatmandu
1969 · Head of the organization
movieLe Bossu
1969
La Ville en haut de la colline
movieLa Ville en haut de la colline
1969 · Egisthe
movieSpray of the Days
1968 · Pharmacist
movieLes Aventures de Lagardère
1968 · Philippe de Gonzague
movieThe Golden Claws of the Cat Girl
1968 · Saratoga
movieLe système Fabrizzi
1967 · Antonio Fabrizzi, Director
tvLagardère
1967 · Gonzague
tvGraf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967 · Prof. Ourbiche
movieThe Night of the Generals
1967 · Doctor
movieIs Paris Burning?
1966 · Joliot-Curie
movieLady L
1965 · Bomb-throwing revolutionary
movieThe Prize
1963 · Dranyi
movieThe Doll
1962 · Sayas
movieThe Immoral Moment
1962 · Malferrer
tvBonne nuit les petits
1962 · Dada (voice)
movieVengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961 · Felton
movieLast Year at Marienbad
1961 · M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband
movieCaptain Fracasse
1961 · Matamore
movieMum's the Word
1960 · Jo
movieThe Gambler
1958 · Afpley
movieThat Night
1958 · Shakespearean man (uncredited)
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Gaspard
movieThe Spies
1957 · Leon
movieAnastasia
1956 · Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
tvSherlock Holmes
1954
movieRasputin
1954 · Le chef de la police
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · The pianist (segment "L'Orgueil") (uncredited)