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Sacha Pitoëff is a Actor Suisse born on 11 march 1920 at Geneva (Suisse)
Sacha Pitoëff (March 11, 1920 – July 21, 1990) was a French film actor and theater director.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Pitoëff played his first film role in 1952. Appearing in over 50 movies, 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).
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Birth name Alexandre Pitoëff
Nationality Suisse
Birth 11 march 1920 at Geneva (Suisse)
Death 21 july 1990 (at 70 years) at Paris (France)
Nationality Suisse
Birth 11 march 1920 at Geneva (Suisse)
Death 21 july 1990 (at 70 years) at Paris (France)
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Pitoëff played his first film role in 1952. Appearing in over 50 movies, 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).
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Inferno (1980)
, 1h47Directed by Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Alida Valli, Veronica Lazăr
Roles Kazanian
Rating65%
Rose Elliot (Miracle), a poet living alone in New York City, finds an ancient book called The Three Mothers. It tells of three evil sisters who rule the world with sorrow, tears, and darkness. The book, written by an architect named Varelli, reveals that the three dwell inside separate homes that had been built for them by the architect in Rome, Freiburg, and New York. Rose suspects that she is living in one of the buildings and writes to her brother Mark (McCloskey) in Rome, urging him to visit her. Using clues provided in the book as a guide, Rose searches the cellar of her building and discovers a hole in the floor which leads to a water-filled ballroom. She accidentally drops her keys and enters the water to find them. After she reclaims the keys, a putrid corpse suddenly rises from the depths, frightening her.
Patrick Still Lives (1980)
, 1h32Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Sacha Pitoëff, Mariangela Giordano, Gianni Dei, Carmen Russo, Franco Silva, Marcel Bozzuffi
Roles Dr. Herschell
Rating56%
The film follows events surrounding a young boy named Patrick who is sent into a coma after a roadside accident and who develops psychic powers with which he is free to commit brutal murders.
Subversion (1979)
, 1h30Directed by Stanislav Stanojevic
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Nathalie Nell, Florence Giorgetti, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Sacha Pitoëff, Daniel Emilfork, Raymond Bussières
Roles Le Président
Rating59%
Le pays de Subversion n'existe pas. Heureusement. Mais il est comme les autres, malheureusement. A la tête du pays, un président comme les autre : omnipotent et irascible. En fait, il est également paralysé et un peu aveugle. Son seul sens encore intact : l'ouïe. Et ses oreilles sont très utiles ! Son sport favori ? Eliminer ses opposants en écoutant les battements de leur coeur.
Dossier 51 (1978)
, 1h48Directed by Michel Deville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Roger Planchon, François Marthouret, Patrick Chesnais, Jean Martin, Daniel Mesguich, Anna Prucnal
Roles Minerve 1 (voix)
Rating72%
Le diplomate Dominique Auphal mène une vie tranquille jusqu'à ce que des services secrets mettent sous haute surveillance sa vie privée à la recherche d'une faille qui pourrait permettre de le forcer à travailler pour eux.
The Carpathian Castle (1976)
, 2hGenres Horror
Actors Benoît Allemane, Sacha Pitoëff, Annette Poivre, Jean Martin, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Guy Grosso
Roles Gortz
Le village de Werst vit dans la hantise du vieux burg situé sur une croupe du col de Vulkan. Ceux qui ont tenté de l'approcher en sont revenus épouvantés. Un jour, le comte de Télek et son soldat Rotzko font halte dans l'auberge du bourg...
The Oil War Will Not Happen (1974)
, 1h25Directed by Souheil Ben Barka
Origin Maroc
Actors Claude Giraud, Philippe Léotard, Sacha Pitoëff, George Ardisson, Claudio Gora, David Markham
Roles Essaan
Diary of a Suicide (1973)
, 1h22Directed by Stanislav Stanojevic, Pierre-Henri Deleau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey, Marie-France Pisier, Sacha Pitoëff, Bernard Haller, Paul Pavel
Roles Le geôlier
Rating56%
Une croisière sur la Méditerranée : un homme, une femme. Jeu de double séduction : une suite de récits, emboités les uns dans les autres. Une comédie de surprises. Le Journal d'un suicidé, film sur un Icare dédalisé, ou sur un Dédale icarisé ?
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Dick Clement
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Patrick Mower, Bernadette Lafont
Roles Stefan
Rating52%
A young British schoolteacher heads to the Eastern Bloc to try to locate her husband who has gone missing, and soon turns out to have been detained by Soviet intelligence as a spy.
The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)
, 1h40Directed by Marc Allégret, Yves Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Sylvie Fennec, Micheline Presle, Bruno Garcin, Gérard Lartigau, Sacha Pitoëff
Roles Prince Naroumof
Rating54%
Based on Raymond Radiguet's book of the same name, posthumously published in 1924, the film concerns a ball hosted by the Comte d'Orgel (English: Count of Orgel).
Donkey Skin (1970)
, 1h29Directed by Jacques Demy, Alain Franchet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about birds, Les fées, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, Anne Germain, Delphine Seyrig, Micheline Presle
Roles Le premier ministre
Rating70%
The King (Jean Marais) promises his dying Queen that after her death he will only marry a woman as beautiful and virtuous as she. Pressed by his advisers to remarry and produce an heir, he comes to the conclusion that the only way to fulfil his promise is to marry his own daughter, the Princess (Catherine Deneuve). Following the advice of her godmother, the Lilac Fairy (Delphine Seyrig), the Princess demands a series of seemingly impossible nuptial gifts, in the hope that her father will be forced to give up his plans of marriage. However, the King succeeds in providing her with dresses the colour of the weather, of the moon and of the sun, and finally with the skin of a magic donkey that excretes jewels, the source of his kingdom's wealth. Donning the donkey skin, the Princess flees her father's kingdom to avoid the incestuous marriage.
Lancelot of the Lake (1970)
Directed by Claude Santelli
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical
Actors Gérard Falconetti, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Taffin, Robert Favart, Jacques Weber, Arlette Téphany
Roles l'ennemi (voice)
Rating63%
Au XIII siècle, en Bretagne, les aventures de Lancelot qui, après avoir élevé au fond d'un lac par la fée Viviane, dame du Lac, devient un des chevaliers de la Table ronde, puis tombe secrètement amoureux de Guenièvre, l'épouse du roi Artus, pour laquelle il va accomplir de nombreux exploits.
Katmandu (1969)
Directed by André Cayatte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Renaud Verley, Elsa Martinelli, Pascale Audret, Arlene Dahl
Roles Head of the organization
Rating56%
Parti au Népal à la recherche de son père, Olivier fait la connaissance de Jane, dont il tombe amoureux. Mais cette jolie hippie sombre dans la drogue. Olivier est prêt à tout pour la sauver de cet enfer.
Spray of the Days (1968)
, 1h50Directed by Charles Belmont
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Jacques Perrin, Marie-France Pisier, Sami Frey, Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Fresson, Sacha Pitoëff
Roles Pharmacist
Rating54%
Chick se prend d'amour pour Alise à cause d'une passion commune qui dévorera peu à peu leur couple. Peu après, Colin, le personnage principal, tombe aussi amoureux d'une femme, Chloé, qui lui rappelle un morceau de jazz de Duke Ellington du même nom. Mais la maladie, les jalousies et le manque d'argent vont venir bouleverser leur destin.
, 1h30Directed by Édouard Logereau
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Actors Danièle Gaubert, Michel Duchaussoy, Julien Guiomar, Maurice Teynac, Sacha Pitoëff, Albert Simono
Roles Saratoga
Rating58%
Ancienne trapéziste employée dans une agence immobilière, Françoise - « la louve » - effectue au cours de la nuit des cambriolages dont les victimes sont les propriétaires de villas qu'elle a vendues. Elle tombe dans un piège tendu par l'inspecteur Durieux : ce dernier va l'utiliser afin de démanteler un réseau de trafic de drogue.
The Night of the Generals (1967)
, 2h28Directed by Anatole Litvak, Norman J. Warren, Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Politique, Serial killer films, Political films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret
Roles Doctor
Rating71%
The murder of a prostitute in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Abwehr Major Grau (Omar Sharif) to start an investigation, as she was also a German agent. His evidence soon points to the killer being one of three German general officers: General von Seydlitz-Gabler (Charles Gray); General Kahlenberg (Donald Pleasence), his chief of staff; and General Tanz (Peter O'Toole). Grau's investigation, however, is cut short by his summary transfer to Paris at the instigation of these officers.