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-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 incl…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Inferno (1980) — Kazanian
2. Donkey Skin (1970) — The Prime Minister
3. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) — M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband
4. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Joliot-Curie
5. Anastasia (1956) — Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
6. The Night of the Generals (1967) — Doctor
7. The Prize (1963) — Dranyi
8. Dossier 51 (1978) — Minerve 1 (voice)
9. The New Avengers (1976) — Kerov
10. The Spies (1957) — Leon
11. Captain Fracasse (1961) — Matamore
12. Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) — Felton
13. Lady L (1965) — Bomb-throwing revolutionary
14. Patrick Still Lives (1980) — Dr. Herschell
15. A Tale of Two Cities (1958) — Gaspard
16. Sherlock Holmes (1954)
17. Catch Me a Spy (1971) — Stefan
18. The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) — The pianist (segment "L'Orgueil") (uncredited)
19. Spray of the Days (1968) — Pharmacist
20. The Gambler (1958) — Afpley
21. Diary of a Suicide (1973) — Le geôlier
22. Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Prof. Ourbiche
23. The Immoral Moment (1962) — Malferrer
24. Katmandu (1969) — Head of the organization
25. Les Aventures de Lagardère (1968) — Philippe de Gonzague
26. Bonne nuit les petits (1962) — Dada (voice)
27. The Doll (1962) — Sayas
28. That Night (1958) — Shakespearean man (uncredited)
29. La Poupée sanglante (1976) — Doctor Sahib Khan
30. Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970) — Prince Naroumof
31. Mum's the Word (1960) — Jo
32. Escape to the Sun (1972)
33. Les Grands Détectives (1975) — Arkabad
34. The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl (1968) — Saratoga
35. Rasputin (1954) — Le chef de la police
36. Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur (1971) — Dangberg
37. Subversion (1979) — Le Président
38. The Oil War Will Not Happen (1974) — Essaan
39. The Carpathian Castle (1976) — Gortz
40. Lancelot of the Lake (1970) — l'ennemi (voice)

Directed

1. Le système Fabrizzi (1967) — Director