Sacha Pitoëff

Sacha Pitoëff

Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director. Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents Ludmilla (née Smanova) and Georges Pitoëff. Both of his parents were born in the city of Tbilisi (in modern-day Georgia), then a part of the Russian Empire. The Pitoëffs were prominent actors in France, Georges was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty, dedicated to rejuvenating the French theatre. Sacha graduated from Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. He studied acting and stage direction under Jouvet at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. During World War II, the younger Pitoëff followed his mother back to Switzerland, where he played his earliest roles. After the war he returned to Paris, becoming general manager at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. He made his directorial debut with a 1950 staging of Uncle Vanya, which proved both a critical and commercial success. He became a fixture of Parisian theatre in the 1960s, becoming the director of his own troupe. His repertoire included works by Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Hugo Claus, Robert Musil, Anna Langfus and Anton Chekhov. With Romy Schneider, he staged The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters at Théâtre de l'Œuvre. In 1967, he achieved his greatest success with a well-regarded production of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV, which he directed and starred in, with Claude Jade. Pitoëff played his first film role in 1952, in the omnibus film The Seven Deadly Sins. Appearing in over 50 films, he is probably best known for his performance in Alain Resnais's enigmatic Last Year at Marienbad (1960), as the unnamed man who may or may not be Delphine Seyrig's husband. He was featured in roles of various sizes in such films as Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Espions (1957), Peter Ustinov's Lady L (1965), René Clément's Is Paris Burning? (1966), and Jacques Demy's Donkey Skin (1970). He also appeared in several Hollywood productions, including Anatole Litvak's Anastasia (1956) and The Night of the Generals (1967), Mark Robson's The Prize (1963) and Dick Clement's To Catch a Spy (1971). Toward the end of his acting career, he began appearing in horror films. His final role was as the bookseller Kazanian in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980). For the last ten years of his life, Pitoëff was a professor at the National School of Theatre Arts and Techniques (ENSATT) in Lyon, where his students included Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Roger Milo and Niels Arestrup. Pitoëff was married to French actress Luce Garcia-Ville, until her death by suicide in 1975. He had two siblings, actress Svetlana Pitoëff and writer Aniouta Pitoeff. His height and distinctively-gaunt, lanky appearance may have been a consequence of Marfan syndrome. Having suffered from depression in the final years of his life, he died in Paris at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital on 21 July 1990, at the age of 70. Source: Article "Sacha Pitoëff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Sacha Pitoëff
  • Popularity: 1.534
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-03-11
  • Place of Birth: Genève, Switzerland
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  • Also Known As: Sacha Pitoeff
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Sacha Pitoëff Movies

  • 1963
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    The Prize

    The Prize

    6.8 1963 HD

    A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now...

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  • 1958
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    6.8 1958 HD

    British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay....

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  • 1966
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    Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

    7.2 1966 HD

    Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if...

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  • 1961
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    Captain Fracasse

    Captain Fracasse

    5.6 1961 HD

    A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue:...

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  • 1970
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    Donkey Skin

    Donkey Skin

    7.2 1970 HD

    A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

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  • 1962
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    The Doll

    The Doll

    5 1962 HD

    An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike...

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  • 1956
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    Anastasia

    Anastasia

    6.79 1956 HD

    Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the...

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  • 1980
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    Inferno

    Inferno

    6.7 1980 HD

    A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.

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  • 1962
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    The Denunciation

    The Denunciation

    4.8 1962 HD

    Michel Jussieu, a film producer, returns one morning to the cabaret where he forgot his sweater. He discovers the corpse of an extreme right-wing...

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  • 1952
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    The Seven Deadly Sins

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    6 1952 HD

    A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.

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  • 1979
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    Subversion

    Subversion

    1 1979 HD

    A blind, paralyzed president uses his remarkable hearing and his corrupt daughter to keep his country in line. His beautiful, clever daughter works...

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  • 1980
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    Patrick Still Lives

    Patrick Still Lives

    5.4 1980 HD

    A group of strangers are summoned to the secluded home of Patrick, a young man rendered comatose after a freak accident, but soon find themselves...

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  • 1968
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    The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl

    The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl

    1 1968 HD

    Françoise looks like a sexy kitten by day, but is a silent she-wolf by night, making very clever robberies of gold jewels. Despite the...

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  • 1968
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    Lagardère

    Lagardère

    6.3 1968 HD

    A young man, Lagardère, discovers that a plot is afoot to assassinate the Duke of Nevers. He warns him and flees with his daughter, Aurore....

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  • 1957
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    The Spies

    The Spies

    6.5 1957 HD

    A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and...

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  • 1961
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    Vengeance of the Three Musketeers

    Vengeance of the Three Musketeers

    6.8 1961 HD

    To avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal's army leader Rochefort, the treacherous Milady de Winter kidnaps both D'Artagnan and...

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  • 1974
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    The Oil War Will Not Happen

    The Oil War Will Not Happen

    1 1974 HD

    Directed by Souheil Ben-Barka.

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  • 1958
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    That Night

    That Night

    5 1958 HD

    Jean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a...

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  • 1970
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    Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

    Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

    5 1970 HD

    Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe...

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  • 1971
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    Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

    4.6 1971 HD

    While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture...

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  • 1960
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    Mum's the Word

    Mum's the Word

    4 1960 HD

    Martin is a nurse in a private clinic in Paris. The victim of a serious concussion, an unidentified casualty, arrives in the emergency room one...

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  • 1973
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    Diary of a Suicide

    Diary of a Suicide

    5.9 1973 HD

    On a Mediterranean cruise, a young man hired as a tour guide is intrigued by the beauty of a female interpreter hiding behind her sunglasses. He...

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  • 1969
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    Katmandu

    Katmandu

    4.6 1969 HD

    A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's...

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  • 1976
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    The Carpathian Castle

    The Carpathian Castle

    6 1976 HD

    In 1898, strange things happen in a castle not far from the small village of Werst in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania. Twenty years earlier,...

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  • 1970
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    Lancelot of the Lake

    Lancelot of the Lake

    1 1970 HD

    This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the...

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  • 1967
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    The Night of the Generals

    The Night of the Generals

    6.8 1967 HD

    A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects,...

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  • 1968
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    Spray of the Days

    Spray of the Days

    4.7 1968 HD

    Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin,...

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  • 1961
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    Last Year at Marienbad

    Last Year at Marienbad

    7.403 1961 HD

    In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

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  • 1977
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    Barry of the Great St. Bernard

    Barry of the Great St. Bernard

    1 1977 HD

    A Wonderful World of Disney TV movie based on the true story of famed Saint Bernard dog, Barry, who rescued dozens of stranded travelers in the Swiss...

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  • 1969
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    La ville en haut de la colline

    La ville en haut de la colline

    1 1969 HD

    Adaptation for TV of the Jean-Jacques Varoujean play.

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  • 1958
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    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    6.3 1958 HD

    In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General...

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  • 1978
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    Dossier 51

    Dossier 51

    6.5 1978 HD

    A French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control, his private life becoming 'File No. 51'.

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  • 1965
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    Lady L

    Lady L

    5.9 1965 HD

    Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived...

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  • 1954
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    Rasputin

    Rasputin

    5 1954 HD

    Gregory Iefommovich Raspoutine is a monk with healing powers and a liking for debauchery who manages to insinuate himself into the court of the...

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  • 1974
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    Antigone

    Antigone

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1967
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    Le système Fabrizzi

    Le système Fabrizzi

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    Les salons de Baudelaire

    Les salons de Baudelaire

    1 1970 HD

    Long panoramic shots and tracking shots in the Louvre Museum, the Hôtel de Lauzun or the Petit Palais allow us to discover the works of...

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  • 1967
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    Le système Fabrizzi

    Le système Fabrizzi

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    7.1 1954 HD

    The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories...

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  • 1976
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    The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

    6.9 1976 HD

    The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

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  • 1967
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    Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

    Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

    6.1 1967 HD

    Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s...

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  • 1962
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    Bonne nuit les petits

    Bonne nuit les petits

    6.3 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Graf Luckner

    Graf Luckner

    1 1973 HD

    Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which...

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  • 1975
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    Les Grands Détectives

    Les Grands Détectives

    9 1975 HD

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  • 1976
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    La Poupée sanglante

    La Poupée sanglante

    8.7 1976 HD

    Paris, 1925. Bénédict Masson, bookbinder and poet, is secretly in love with his neighbor, Christine. Christine works at the strange...

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1967
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    Lagardère

    Lagardère

    1 1967 HD

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