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Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
February 21, 1885 (May 24, 1957)
Fr. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier. In 1980, a farmer who wants to kill his hateful wife gets a brilliant lawyer to give him a recipe for the perfect crime.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 97 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1996. Mores comedy by Roger Vadim with Claude Rich, Nathalie Roussel, Nicolas Vaude.
Runtime: 83 min.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by Ralph Habib with Perrette Pradier, Paul Guers, O.E. Hasse. A penniless young man agrees to impersonate an aristocrat and participate in the theft of a valuable diamond.
Runtime: 90 min.

Life as a Couple

V.O.: La Vie à deux
Fr. 1958. Sketches by Clément Duhour with Pierre Brasseur, Lilli Palmer, Fernandel. A writer decides to leave his fortune to a happy couple.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Sacha Guitry, Clément Duhour with Michel Simon, Sophie Desmarets, Darry Cowl. While investigating a murder case, a commissioner finds that the criminal exists in three copies: the perpetrator himself, his double, and his double?s twin brother.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Magali Noël. A murderer ends up killing a burglar he had convicted in his place.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1955. Historic chronicle by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Gérard Philipe. Some of the main events that took place in Paris from the time of Julius Caesar's occupation to the present day.
Runtime: 126 min.

Napoleon

V.O.: Napoléon
Fr. 1955. History by Sacha Guitry with Daniel Gélin, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Morgan. A few moments in the life of Napoleon.
Runtime: 183 min.
Fr. 1953. Satire by Sacha Guitry with Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry, Lana Marconi. A rich industrialist replaces his twin brother who died in poverty.
Fr. 1953. Historic chronicle by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Marais, Georges Marchal. Evoking three centuries of French history, from Louis XIII to Cl?menceau.
Runtime: 165 min.
Fr. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Sacha Guitry with Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Pauline Carton. A man finds a way to get rid of his wife, who also wants to murder him, with impunity.

The Treasure of Cantenac

V.O.: Le Trésor de Cantenac
Fr. 1950. Comedy by Fernandel with Fernandel, Andrex, Jacqueline Pagnol. An ugly man, who makes everyone laugh, is admitted to a hospice for nature's disgraced.
Fr. 1950. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Fernandel, Lana Marconi. A rich baron showers a tramp with favors after he saves his life.
Fr. 1949. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Mireille Perrey. A popular author and actor brings his private life to the stage.
Fr. 1948. Biography by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Georges Grey, Lana Marconi. Talleyrand's valets share anecdotes about their master.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1947. Biography by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jacques Baumer, Lana Marconi.
Fr. 1943. Drama by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Geneviève Guitry, Aimé Clariond. Feeling himself going blind, a sculptor tries to push away the young woman he loves.
Fr. 1942. History by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jean-Louis Barrault. The story of a young woman from Marseilles to whom Napoleon pledged eternal love.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1939. Drama by Sacha Guitry.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Lisette Lanvin, Jean Davy.
Fr. 1938. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Caron with Henry Garat, Jacqueline Delubac, Marguerite Moreno.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Pearls of the Crown

V.O.: Les Perles de la couronne
Fr. 1937. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac.
Runtime: 121 min.
Fr. 1936. Comedy by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac.
Runtime: 76 min.
Runtime: 81 min.

The Story of a Cheat

V.O.: Le Roman d'un tricheur
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1935. Biography by Sacha Guitry with Sacha Guitry, Jean Périer, José Squinquel.
Runtime: 106 min.

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