Portrait of Sacha Guitry

Directing

Sacha Guitry

Career

Active from 1915 to 2021, with a break from 1961 to 1973, busiest in 1936 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Poison
Poison
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sacha Guitry Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Tension
    3.4, average 5.9
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Lighthearted Romance 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • French History 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Witty Narration 2
  • Witty Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
N'écoutez pas mesdames
N'écoutez pas mesdames (2021)

Writer

2010s

2 titles
Une folie
Une folie (2016)

Writer

Quadrille
Quadrille (2013)

Author

2000s

4 titles · average score 66
Un type dans le genre de Napoléon
Un type dans le genre de Napoléon (2008)

Theatre Play

Mon père avait raison
Mon père avait raison (2007)

Writer

Faisons un rêve
Faisons un rêve (2007)

Author

A Crime in Paradise
A Crime in Paradise (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

1990s

6 titles
Le Nouveau Testament
Le Nouveau Testament (1999)

Author

Quadrille
Quadrille (1997)

Screenplay

The Comedian
The Comedian (1997)

Theatre Play

Mon père avait raison
Mon père avait raison (1996)

Writer

Le Veilleur de nuit
Le Veilleur de nuit (1996)

Theatre Play

La Jalousie
La Jalousie (1992)

Author

1980s

2 titles
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche (1985)

Author

Nono
Nono (1984)

Screenplay

1970s

4 titles
La Jalousie
La Jalousie (1976)

Screenplay

L'Amour masqué
L'Amour masqué (1974)

Writer

La Pèlerine écossaise
La Pèlerine écossaise (1972)

Author

Zwei ganze Tage
Zwei ganze Tage (1970)

Original Story

1960s

2 titles
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre (1969)

Songs

The Nabob Affair
The Nabob Affair (1960)

Writer

1950s

13 titles · average score 68
Life Together
Life Together (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

Three Make a Pair
Three Make a Pair (1957)

Director, Writer

If Paris Were Told to Us
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

as le narrateur et Louis XI

Murderers and Thieves
Murderers and Thieves (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Napoleon
Napoleon (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

as Talleyrand

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

as Louis XIV (older)

The Virtuous Scoundrel
The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

I Was It Three Times
I Was It Three Times (1952)

as Jean Renneval

Poison
Poison (1951)
GoodWatch score 87

Director, Writer

Deburau
Deburau (1951)

as Jean-Gaspard Deburau

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)

Writer

Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)

as Le baron de Saint-Rambert

1940s

11 titles · average score 65
Rendezvous in July
Rendezvous in July (1949)
GoodWatch score 75

Story

Toâ
Toâ (1949)

as Michel Desnoyers

Two Doves
Two Doves (1949)

as Maître Jean-Pierre Walter

The Devil Who Limped
The Devil Who Limped (1948)
GoodWatch score 66

as Talleyrand

The Private Life of an Actor
The Private Life of an Actor (1948)

as Lucien Guitry et Sacha Guitry

Paris 1900
Paris 1900 (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

Consulting Producer

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (1944)

as Narrator (voice)

La Malibran
La Malibran (1944)

as Eugène Malibran

My Last Mistress
My Last Mistress (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

as François

Mlle. Desiree
Mlle. Desiree (1942)

as Napoléon 1er

Lucky Partners
Lucky Partners (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

Story

1930s

17 titles · average score 68
Quadrille
Quadrille (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Philippe de Morannes, journaliste

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Le Professeur, Louis XV, Ludovic, Jean-Louis et Napoléon III

L'Accroche-cœur
L'Accroche-cœur (1938)

Writer

Désiré
Désiré (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

as Désiré, le valet de chambre

The Pearls of the Crown
The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
GoodWatch score 85

as Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III

Le Mot de Cambronne
Le Mot de Cambronne (1937)

as Le général Pierre Cambronne

The Story of a Cheat
The Story of a Cheat (1936)
GoodWatch score 75

as le tricheur

Let's Make a Dream
Let's Make a Dream (1936)
GoodWatch score 70

as L'Amant

My Father Was Right
My Father Was Right (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

as Charles Bellanger

The New Testament
The New Testament (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

as Le Docteur Marcelin

Good Luck
Good Luck (1935)
GoodWatch score 67

as Claude

Pasteur
Pasteur (1935)

as Louis Pasteur

1920s

4 titles · average score 45
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mancha y Zaragosa

The Lover of Camille
The Lover of Camille (1924)

Novel

The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant (1924)

Theatre Play

Une petite main qui se place
Une petite main qui se place (1922)

Director

1910s

3 titles
Un roman d’amour et d’aventures
Un roman d’amour et d’aventures (1918)

as Jean et Jacques Sarrazin

Oscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot
Oscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot (1918)

Director

Those of Our Land
Those of Our Land (1915)

Director