The best Sacha Guitry’s history movies
We present our ranking of the best Sacha Guitry’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Sacha Guitry.
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.8/10
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
If Paris Were Told to Us
6.3/10
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
The Devil Who Limped
6.9/10
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
The Pearls of the Crown
6.9/10
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937; three of them missing.
Pasteur
6.2/10
Guitry reprises his role as Pasteur which he played successfully at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1919.
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
6.6/10
The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.
De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain
5.7/10
