The Story of a Cheat
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Considered Sacha Guitry’s masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the tricheur looking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by that of the film's skillful editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and novel use of voice-over, The Story of a Cheat has influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles to François Truffaut.
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Cast
- Sacha Guitry
- Cheat (mature)
- Marguerite Moreno
- Countess
- Jacqueline Delubac
- Henriette
- Roger Duchesne
- Serge Abramich
- Rosine Deréan
- Jewel Thief
- Elmire Vautier
- Countess (younger)
- Serge Grave
- Cheat (boy)
- Pauline Carton
- Madame Morlot
- Pierre Assay
- Cheat (young man)
- Henri Pfeifer
- Monsieur Charbonnier
- Gaston Dupray
- Waiter
- Pierre Labry
- Cousin Morlot
- Fréhel
- Redhead
Credits
- Director
- Sacha Guitry
- Producer
- Serge Sandberg .
- Screenplay by
- Sacha Guitry
- Cinematography
- Marcel Lucien
- Cinematography
- Raymond Clunie
- Art direction
- Henri Ménessier
- Editing
- Myriam
- Music
- Adolphe Borchard
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