Le tricheur/The Cheat
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Le Roman d'un tricheur (sometimes known in English as The Story of a Cheat, but also as Confessions of a Cheat, The Story of a Trickster, or The Cheat) is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry.
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.
- (2.6K)
- Comedy
- Sacha Guitry
- 1938-09-26
Le Roman d'un tricheur est un film français réalisé par Sacha Guitry, sorti en 1936, adaptation du roman de Guitry, Mémoires d'un tricheur.
- Adolphe Borchard
- Sacha Guitryd'après son roman
- Sacha Guitry
Overview. 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.
The film is an adaptation of Sacha Guitry’s novel Les Mémoires d’un tricheur, published a year before the film’s release. The film opens up with the titular “tricheur” (played by Guitry himself) penning his memoirs. The story is told chronologically, occasionally reverting to the present.
- (2.8K)
- Cinéas
- Sacha Guitry
Un des plus célèbres films de Sacha Guitry sur un orphelin qui veut à tout prix devenir honnête mais finit par devenir tricheur. Guitry fait d'une situation de mélodrame un argument de...
Le Roman d'un tricheur (sometimes known in English as The Story of a Cheat, but also as Confessions of a Cheat, The Story of a Trickster, or The Cheat) is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. It was adapted from Guitry's only novel, Les Mémoires d'un tricheur, published in 1935.
