Sacha Pitoëff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 11, 1920, Genève, Switzerland
- Died
- July 21, 1990
- Movies
- 40
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1980 | Patrick Still Lives | Dr. Herschell |
| 1980 | Inferno | Kazanian |
| 1979 | Subversion | Le Président |
| 1978 | Dossier 51 | Minerve 1 (voice) |
| 1977 | Barry of the Great St. Bernard | Sergeant |
| 1976 | The Carpathian Castle | Gortz |
| 1974 | Antigone | Tiresias |
| 1974 | The Oil War Will Not Happen | Essaan |
| 1973 | Diary of a Suicide | Le geôlier |
| 1972 | Escape to the Sun | |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Stefan |
| 1970 | Lancelot of the Lake | l'ennemi (voice) |
| 1970 | Donkey Skin | The Prime Minister |
| 1970 | Le Bal du comte d'Orgel | Prince Naroumof |
| 1970 | Les salons de Baudelaire | Narrator |
| 1969 | Katmandu | Head of the organization |
| 1969 | Le Bossu | |
| 1969 | La Ville en haut de la colline | Egisthe |
| 1968 | Spray of the Days | Pharmacist |
| 1968 | Les Aventures de Lagardère | Philippe de Gonzague |
| 1968 | The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl | Saratoga |
| 1967 | Le système Fabrizzi | Antonio Fabrizzi |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Doctor |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Joliot-Curie |
| 1965 | Lady L | Bomb-throwing revolutionary |
| 1963 | The Prize | Dranyi |
| 1962 | The Doll | Sayas |
| 1962 | The Immoral Moment | Malferrer |
| 1961 | Vengeance of the Three Musketeers | Felton |
| 1961 | Last Year at Marienbad | M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband |
| 1961 | Captain Fracasse | Matamore |
| 1960 | Mum's the Word | Jo |
| 1958 | The Gambler | Afpley |
| 1958 | That Night | Shakespearean man (uncredited) |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Gaspard |
| 1957 | The Spies | Leon |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin |
| 1954 | Rasputin | Le chef de la police |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins | The pianist (segment "L'Orgueil") (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1967 | Le système Fabrizzi | Director |
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