
Sacha Guitry
Directing
34
Acting Credits
35
Directed
Biography
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 r...
Known For
Filmography

A Night at the Opera
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)

If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as le narrateur et Louis XI

Napoleon
1955
as Talleyrand

The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Self in the prologue / Narrator (uncredited)

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Louis XIV (older)

I Was It Three Times
1952
as Jean Renneval

Deburau
1951
as Jean-Gaspard Deburau

Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950
as Le baron de Saint-Rambert

The Treasure of Cantenac
1950
as Baron of Cantenac

Two Doves
1949
as Maître Jean-Pierre Walter

Toâ
1949
as Michel Desnoyers

The Devil Who Limped
1948
as Talleyrand

The Private Life of an Actor
1948
as Lucien Guitry et Sacha Guitry

La Malibran
1944
as Eugène Malibran

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
1944
as Narrator (voice)

My Last Mistress
1943
as François

Mlle. Desiree
1942
as Napoléon 1er

Nine Bachelors
1939
as Jean Lécuyer

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
1938
as Le Professeur, Louis XV, Ludovic, Jean-Louis et Napoléon III

Quadrille
1938
as Philippe de Morannes, journaliste

Le Mot de Cambronne
1937
as Le général Pierre Cambronne

The Pearls of the Crown
1937
as Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III

Désiré
1937
as Désiré, le valet de chambre

My Father Was Right
1936
as Charles Bellanger

The Story of a Cheat
1936
as le tricheur

Let's Make a Dream
1936
as L'Amant

The New Testament
1936
as Le Docteur Marcelin

Good Luck
1935
as Claude

Pasteur
1935
as Louis Pasteur

Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs
1934
as Self

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Mancha y Zaragosa

Un roman d’amour et d’aventures
1918
as Jean et Jacques Sarrazin