Sacha Pitoëff

Quick Facts

Intro

1920-1990 French film director and actor

Places

France Switzerland

was

Actor

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Birth

11 March 1920 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Geneva

Death

21 July 1990 People who died on this day

Place of death

Paris

Age

70 years

Family

Mother:

Ludmilla Pitoëff

Father:

Georges Pitoëff

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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