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The Story of a Cheat
1936 81m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
Crime
7.6
90%
83%
75%
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A charming scoundrel reflects on his exploits, from childhood through to manhood.
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Directed By
Sacha Guitry
Written By
Sacha Guitry
Studio
Cinéas
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Cast of The Story of a Cheat
Sacha Guitry
le tricheur
Jacqueline Delubac
la femme
Marguerite Moreno
l'aventurière
Pauline Carton
Madame Moriot
Rosine Deréan
la voleuse professionnelle
Fréhel
la rouquine, chanteuse du beuglant
Elmire Vautier
la comtesse Beauchamp (jeune)
Serge Grave
le tricheur (petit garçon)
Pierre Asso
le tricheur (jeune homme)
Roger Duchesne
Serge Abramitch
Henri Pfeifer
M. Charbonnier
Pierre Labry
Maître Morlot, le notaire et cousin
Adolphe Borchard
le pianiste du beuglant
Fernand Trignol
le curé
Roger Royer
un joueur
Gaston Dupray
le garçon de café
The Story of a Cheat Reviews
Movie Metropolis
Christopher Long
Sometimes using reversed footage and assembling elaborate montages, Guitry created an idiosyncratic aesthetic.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
The movie is something of a one-man show: Guitry adapted the screenplay from his own novel, and fills the film with his mordant voice-over.
New York Times
Frank S. Nugent
A witty, impudent, morally subversive show which every one should see for his own content and out of sheer curiosity about the kind of fellow who is not satisfied with writing, directing and starring in a picture, but must play seven [roles] as well.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A fast-paced, quasi-comedy is propelled entirely by Guitry's narration.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This 1936 tour de force can be regarded as a kind of concerto for the writer-director-performer's special brand of brittle cleverness.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
One of Sacha Guitry's most enjoyably ephemeral souffls.
Baltimore Sun
Stephen Wigler
Some of this is amusing -- particularly the parts that take place at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo -- but not enough for the film's 83 minutes.
Parallax View
Sean Axmaker
... takes the idea of narration to a new level in a comic memoir of a reluctant scoundrel... recounting his life in snappy flashbacks with running commentary.
TV Guide
An exciting, funny, innovative, and brilliant effort from one of France's most prolific playwrights and filmmakers.
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