Sacha Guitry Collection 1936-1938 (9 films) - 8-DVD Box Set ( Le Nouveau testament / Le Roman d'un tricheur / Mon père avait raison / Faisons un rêve / Les Perles de la couronne / Le Mot de Cambronne / Désiré / Quadrille / Remontons les Champs-Élysées ) ( Indiscretions / The Story of a Cheat / Mon père avait raison / Let Us Do a Dream / Pearls of the Crown / Le Mot de Cambronne / Desire / Quadrille / Champs-Elysses )

Sacha Guitry Collection 1936-1938 (9 films) - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Nouveau testament / Le Roman d'un tricheur / Mon père avait raison / Faisons un rêve / Les Perles de la couronne / Le Mot de Cambronne / Désiré / Quadrille / Remontons les Champs-Élysées
Alternate Title: Indiscretions / The Story of a Cheat / Mon père avait raison / Let Us Do a Dream / Pearls of the Crown / Le Mot de Cambronne / Desire / Quadrille / Champs-Elysses
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
731 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1936 - 193 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre Ryder
Christian-Jaque
Robert Bibal

Written By:
Sacha Guitry

Actors:
Sacha Guitry ..... Le docteur Marcelin
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Juliette Lecourtois
Christian Gérard ..... Fernand Worms
Betty Daussmond ..... Lucie Marcelin
Charles Dechamps ..... Monsieur Worms
Marguerite Templey ..... Madame Worms
Pauline Carton ..... Mademoiselle Morot
Louis Kerly ..... Le domestique
Marguerite Pierry
Sacha Guitry ..... The Cheat (mature)
Marguerite Moreno ..... The Countess
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Henriette
Roger Duchesne ..... Serge Abramovich
Rosine Deréan ..... The Jewel Thief
Elmire Vautier ..... The Countess (younger)
Serge Grave ..... The Cheat, as a boy
Pauline Carton ..... Madame Morlot
Fréhel ..... Redhead (singer)
Pierre Labry ..... Cousin Morlot
Pierre Assy ..... The Cheat (young man)
Henri Pfeifer ..... Monsieur Charbonnier
Gaston Dupray ..... Waiter
Sacha Guitry ..... Charles Bellanger
Gaston Dubosc ..... Adolphe Bellanger, son père
Serge Grave ..... Maurice Bellanger, son fils (jeune)
Paul Bernard ..... Maurice Bellanger, son fils (adulte)
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Loulou, sa belle fille
Betty Daussmond ..... Germaine Bellanger, sa femme
Robert Seller ..... Son serviteur
Pauline Carton ..... Sa servante
Marcel Lévesque ..... Son médecin
Sacha Guitry ..... L'amant
Raimu ..... Le mari
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Elle
Robert Seller ..... Le maître d'hôtel
Louis Kerly ..... Le valet de chambre (as Kerly)
Andrée Guize ..... La servante
Arletty
Michel Simon
Victor Boucher
Pierre Bertin
André Lefaur
Claude Dauphin
Gabriel Signoret
Yvette Guilbert
Rosine Deréan
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Françoise Martin /
Mary Queen of Scots ..... Jean Martin /
Sacha Guitry ..... Equerry (English narrator) / Henry VIII
François I ..... Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
Barras ..... Chamberlain (Italian narrator)
Napoleon III ..... Pope Clement VII
Lyn Harding ..... Anne Boleyn
Renée Saint-Cyr ..... Catherine de Medicis (1860)
Enrico Glori ..... Queen of Abyssinia
Ermete Zacconi ..... Abyssinian Minister (as Dalio)
Barbara Shaw ..... Italian in Abyssinia
Marguerite Moreno ..... Englishman in Abyssinia
Arletty ..... Singing worker
Marcel Dalio ..... The Robber (as Engelman)
Claude Dauphin ..... Queen Mary Tudor
Robert Seller
Ponzio
Andrews Engelmann
Yvette Pienne
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Sacha Guitry ..... Cambronne
Pauline Carton ..... La préfète
Jacqueline Delubac ..... La servante
Marguerite Moreno
Sacha Guitry ..... Désiré, valet de chambre
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Odette Cléry
Jacques Baumer ..... Felix
Pauline Carton ..... Adèle
Saturnin Fabre ..... Adrien
Geneviève Vix ..... La comtesse
Alys Delonce ..... Femme d'Adrien
Arletty ..... Madeleine, la femme de chambre
Sacha Guitry ..... Philippe de Morannes
Gaby Morlay ..... Paulette Nanteuil
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Claudine André
Pauline Carton ..... La domestique
Georges Grey ..... Carl Erickson
Paul Alex ..... Concierge
Louis Baldy ..... Chasseur
Marc Hélin ..... Valet
Pierre Huchet ..... Regisseur
Georges Lemaire ..... Habilleuse
Clary Monthal ..... Femme de chambre
Marie-Claire Pissaro ..... Maitre d'hotel
Julien Rivière
Marguerite Templey
Jacques Vitry
Louis Vonelly
Lisette Lanvin ..... Louisette
Jean Davy ..... Ludovic et Jean-Louis
Josseline Gaël ..... Léone
Lucien Baroux ..... Le marquis de Chauvelin
Émile Drain ..... Napoléon premier
René Fauchois ..... Marat
Jacqueline Delubac ..... Flora
Sacha Guitry ..... Le professeur et Louis XVI
Jane Marken ..... La mère de Louisette
Germaine Dermoz ..... Marie de Médicis
Jeanne Provost ..... Madame du Hausset
Ariane Pathé ..... Madame du Barry
Raymonde Allain ..... Impératrice Eugénie
Madeleine Foujane ..... Impératrice Marie-Louise
Anna Scott ..... Marie-Antoinette

Synopsis:

Indiscretions (1936)
The first of actor- writer-director Sacha Guitry's four 1936 productions was Nouveau Testament (New Testament), in which he wrote himself the meaty role of Jean Marcelin. Based on Guitry's own stage play, the story concerns a sanctimonious fellow who eventually is victimized by his own hypocrisy. Little effort is made to 'cinematize' the property, which is filmed just as it appeared on stage. Audiences didn't seem to mind, and in fact some of them were known to applaud each of Guitry's bon mots as if they were attending a live performance. Nouveau Testament was entertaining enough, but would be eclipsed within a few months by Guitry's best 1936 effort, Story of a Cheat.
The Story of a Cheat (1936)
Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director's witty narration. As a boy, only he survives a family tragedy when he's deprived of supper (poisonous mushrooms!) for stealing...concluding that dishonesty pays. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...
Pearls of the Crown (1937)
Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman. Historic events are seasoned with sly, satiric humor, and famous beauties are portrayed by stunning actresses. Then the narrators meet, and decide to try tracing the three unrecovered pearls from 1587 to the present...
Desire (1937)
Based on a play by Sacha Guitry this romantic French comedy of manners sparkles and bubbles like freshly uncorked champagne. Set in Paris before the dawn of the Jazz Age and centers on the exploits of sexy, womanizing butler Desire after he begins working for former actress and current mistress of noted local politico Montignac. For the summer, Desire and the rest of the staff move the entire household to the seaside town of Deauville. Desire inadvertently provides his colleagues with much mid-night entertainment with his loudly-voiced dreams of having sexual congress with the comely Odette. Unbeknownst to him, Odette has similarly enacted dreams about him, something Montignac finds more disturbing than funny. Both sides begin looking to a book that explains erotic dreams and the more they learn, the more uncomfortable they become in each other's presence until at last they decide to see if dreams can indeed become reality.
Quadrille (1938)
Philippe de Morannes has an agreement with his girlfriend, the well-known actress Paulette Nanteuil. Either one of them can sleep with someone else if they give their partner a day's notice. In the six years they have been living together, this agreement has not been an issue. Philippe is researching a book about Carl Herickson, an international screen star. One day, while waiting in the star's suite for him to return, he encoutners Claudine, a friend of Paulette's who is a journalist doing an interview of the star. In the midst of a mild but very witty flirtation with her, the star arrives, and expresses a wish to see a local theatrical performance. Hardly thinking about it, he recommends his wife's current play. In a series of misadventures, the film star and the stage star wind up sleeping together. The next day, Philippe and Paulette have a heated and funny discussion about who was unfaithful to whom. This comedy is a remake of the 1938 film Quadrille, by Sacha Guitry.
Champs-Elysses (1938)
Historical comedy of a schoolmaster recounting anecdotes (illustrated) of French history.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 15 December, 2008.

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