Sacha Pitoëff
1920-1990 French film director and actor
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| Intro | 1920-1990 French film director and actor | ||||
| Places | France Switzerland | ||||
| was | Actor | ||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||
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| Birth | 11 March 1920, Geneva | ||||
| Death | 21 July 1990Paris (aged 70 years) | ||||
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Biography
Sacha Pitoëff (11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a French film actor and theatre director.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Georges and Ludmilla Pitoëff, Sacha Pitoëff played his first film role in 1952. Appearing in over 50 films, he is probably best known for his performance in Alain Resnais' enigmatic Last Year at Marienbad (1960), as a character known simply as "M". He was also featured in roles of various sizes in such films as René Clément's Is Paris Burning? (1967) and Jacques Demy's Donkey Skin (1970). Toward the end of his career, he began appearing in horror films, including Dario Argento's Inferno (1980) and the low budget Patrick Still Lives (1980).
Selected filmography
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) - Le pianiste (segment "Orgueil, L' / Pride") (uncredited)
- Rasputin (1954) - Le chef de la police
- Anastasia (1956) - Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
- La Polka des menottes (1957) - Eugène, le clochard
- Les Espions (1957) - Léon
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) - Gaspard (uncredited)
- Cette nuit-là (1958) - L'homme shakespearien (uncredited)
- Le Joueur (1958) - Afpley
- Bouche cousue (1960) - Jo
- Captain Fracasse (1961) - Matamore
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - M - l'autre homme au visage maigre, le mari
- The Three Musketeers (1961) - Felton
- La poupée (1962) - Sayas
- La Dénonciation (1962) - Malferrer
- The Prize (1963) - Daranyi
- Lady L (1965) - Bomb-throwing revolutionary
- Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Frédéric Joliot-Curie
- The Night of the Generals (1967) - Doctor
- L'écume des jours (1968) - Le pharmacien
- The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl (1968) - Saratoga
- The Pleasure Pit (1969) - Le chef de l'organisation
- The Ball of Count Orgel (1970) - Le prince Naroumof
- Donkey Skin (1970) - Le premier ministre (The Minister)
- To Catch a Spy (1971) - Stefan
- Escape to the Sun (1972)
- Le journal d'un suicidé (1973) - Le geôlier
- La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu (1975) - Essaan
- Dossier 51 (1978) - Minerve 1 (voice)
- Subversion (1979) - Le Président
- Inferno (1980) - Kazanian
- Patrick Still Lives (1980) - Dr. Herschel