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Tag Archives: Sacha Guitry
Deburau (1951) Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Henri Belly
Jean-Gaspard Deburau is a very successful mime, the most famous in his category. Read More »
Napoléon (1955) Sacha Guitry, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Napoléon Bonaparte’s life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand Read More »
Désiré (1937) Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jacques Baumer
Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who’s now the mistress of a government minister. Read More »
The Pearls of the Crown / Les perles de la couronne (1937) Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Lyn Harding
Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) Read More »
Si Versailles m’était conté (1954) Sacha Guitry, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »
Donne-moi tes yeux (1943) Sacha Guitry, Geneviève Guitry, Aimé Clariond
A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet Read More »
La poison (1951) Sacha Guitry, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes
Fed up with his wife Blandine, an alcoholic shrew, Paul Braconnier decides to get rid of her. Read More »