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Considered Sacha Guitry’s masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the tricheur looking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by that of the film's skillful editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and novel use of voice-over, The Story of a Cheat has influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles to François Truffaut.
Original Release
09/18/1936
US Release
09/26/1938
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sacha Guitry | Self - Writer & Director / Le tricheur / The Cheat |
| Adolphe Borchard | Self (in prologue) / le pianiste du beuglant |
| Marcel Lucien | Self (in prologue) |
| Raymond Clunie | Self (in prologue) |
| Paul Duvergé | Self (in prologue) |
| Guerbe | Self (in prologue) |
| Henri Ménessier | Self (in prologue) |
| Mailleray | Self - Furniture Maker (in prologue) |
| Marguerite Moreno | La Contesse Beauchamp du Bourg de Catinax / The Countess / l'aventurière |
| Jacqueline Delubac | La femme / The Wife |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sacha Guitry | Self - Writer & Director / Le tricheur / The Cheat |
| Adolphe Borchard | Self (in prologue) / le pianiste du beuglant |
| Marcel Lucien | Self (in prologue) |
| Raymond Clunie | Self (in prologue) |
| Paul Duvergé | Self (in prologue) |
| Guerbe | Self (in prologue) |
| Henri Ménessier | Self (in prologue) |
| Mailleray | Self - Furniture Maker (in prologue) |
| Marguerite Moreno | La Contesse Beauchamp du Bourg de Catinax / The Countess / l'aventurière |
| Jacqueline Delubac | La femme / The Wife |
| Roger Duchesne | Serge Abramovich / Serge Abramitch |
| Rosine Deréan | La maîtresse / The Mistress / la voleuse professionnelle |
| Elmire Vautier | The Countess as a Young Woman / la comtesse Beauchamp (jeune) |
| Serge Grave | The Cheat at 12 / le tricheur (petit garçon) |
| Fréhel | Self - Singer / La Rouquine / The Redhead / la rouquine, chanteuse du beuglant |
| Pierre Labry | Maître Morlot / The Notary / Maître Morlot, le notaire et cousin |
| Pauline Carton | Mme. Morlot / The Notary's Wife / Madame Moriot |
| Pierre Assy | The Cheat as a Young Man |
| Henri Peiffert | M. Charbonnier |
| Myriam Borsoutsky | Self (in prologue) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Serge Sandberg | Producer |
