Sacha Guitry
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Sacha Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957) was a French film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright. Guitry wrote the libretto to the 1925 pastiche Mozart which contains a story about the fictional adventures of Mozart on a visit to Paris.
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Biography
He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1885, the son of the actor Lucien Guitry.
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Filmography
Except when mentioned, Guitry took part in all of his films as director, screenplay writer, dialogue writer, and actor.
- 1914 : Oscar rencontre Mademoiselle Mamageot – short silent
- 1922 : Une petite main qui se place – short silent
- 1934 : Dîner de gala aux ambassadeurs – short documentary
- 1935 : Pasteur – co-director Fernand Rivers
- 1935 : Good Luck (Bonne chance !)
- 1936 : Indiscretions
- 1936 : Confessions of a Cheat (Le Roman d'un tricheur)
- 1936 : Mon père avait raison
- 1936 : Let Us Do a Dream
- 1937 : Le Mot de Cambronne
- 1937 : Désiré
- 1937 : Pearls of the Crown (Les Perles de la couronne)
- 1938 : Quadrille
- 1938 : Remontons les Champs-Élysées
- 1939 : Nine Bachelors
- 1941 : Mlle. Desiree
- 1942 : La Loi du 21 juin 1907
- 1943 : De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain
- 1943 : My Last Mistress
- 1943 : La Malibran
- 1947 : The Private Life of an Actor
- 1948 : The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux)
- 1949 : Aux deux colombes
- 1949 : Toâ
- 1950 : Tu m'as sauvé la vie
- 1950 : The Treasure of Cantenac
- 1951 : Deburau
- 1951 : La Poison
- 1952 : Je l'ai été trois fois
- 1953 : The Virtuous Scoundrel – as narrator
- 1953 : Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles m'était conté)
- 1955 : Napoléon
- 1955 : If Paris Were Told to Us ( Si Paris nous était conté)
- 1957 : Lovers and Thieves – does not act
- 1957 : Les Trois font la paire – last appearance, but only during credits
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Quotes
- "Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness" - Sacha Guitry
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