Sacha Pitoëff

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-03-11 (70 years old)

Deathday

1990-07-21

Place of Birth

Genève, Switzerland

Sacha Pitoëff

Biography

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-Se...

Acting

1963

The Prize

as Dranyi

1958

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Joliot-Curie

1961

Captain Fracasse

as Matamore

1970

Donkey Skin

as The Prime Minister

1962

The Doll

as Sayas

1956

Anastasia

as Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin

1980

Inferno

as Kazanian

1962

The Immoral Moment

as Malferrer

1952

The Seven Deadly Sins

as The pianist (segment "Pride") (uncredited)

1979

Subversion

as Le Président

1980

Patrick Still Lives

as Dr. Herschell

1968

Les Aventures de Lagardère

as Philippe de Gonzague

1957

The Spies

as Leon

1958

That Night

as Shakespearean man (uncredited)

1970

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

as Prince Naroumof

1971

1973

Diary of a Suicide

as Le geôlier

1969

Katmandu

as Head of the organization

1970

Lancelot of the Lake

as l'ennemi (voice)

1968

Spray of the Days

as Pharmacist

1961

Last Year at Marienbad

as M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband

1958

The Gambler

as Afpley

1978

Dossier 51

as Minerve 1 (voice)

1965

Lady L

as Bomb-throwing revolutionary

1954

Rasputin

as Le chef de la police

1974

Antigone

as Tiresias

1967

Le système Fabrizzi

as Antonio Fabrizzi

Production

1967

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