Le Roman d'un Tricheur (1936)
- Starring:
- Sacha Guitry, Pierre Assy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sacha Guitry
Synopsis of Le Roman d'un Tricheur
The Story of a Cheat (Le Roman d'un Tricheur) is widely regarded as one of French writer/director Sacha Guitry's best and most personal films. Guitry himself stars as a charismatic cardsharp who survives solely through the auspices of Lady Luck. The story is told almost completely in pantomime; the only voice heard is the narrator's (Guitry, but of course). Among the film's many highlights is the opening sequence, in which the young Guitry misbehaves and is banned from a family picnic--where his parents and siblings all die from eating toadstools. This segues into a side-splitting "black" gag in which an exhausted priest huffs and puffs as he tries to keep pace with the long line of coffins! It has sometimes been suggested that Sacha Guitry was telling his own life story in Story of a Cheat, equating the ins and outs of the film industry with the chicanery of the cardsharp. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Le Roman d'un Tricheur
- Sacha Guitry - The Cheat
- Jacqueline Delubac - Young Woman
- Serge Grave - The Cheat
- Pierre Labry - M. Morlot
- Frehel - Singer
- Pierre Assy - The Cheat
- Rosine Derean - The Jewel Thief
- Marguerite Moreno - The Countess
- Pauline Carton - Mme. Morlot
- Director(s):
- Sacha Guitry
- Writer(s):
- Sacha Guitry
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