The French actor, writer, manager and director, Sacha Guitry had a prolific output of plays and films. His stage works range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have musical scores, by composers including André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. During the era of silent films Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to dramatic impact. From the 1930s to the end of his life he enthusiastically embraced the cinema, making as many as five films in a single year.
Except where otherwise stated, Guitry took part in all his films as director, screenplay writer, dialogue writer, and actor.
Oscar rencontre Mademoiselle Mamageot – short silent, not publicly released (1914)
Ceux de chez nous ("Those of our home") – silent, celebrating eminent French men and women (1915)
Une petite main qui se place – short silent (1922)
Dîner de gala aux ambassadeurs – short documentary (1934)
Pasteur – co-director Fernand Rivers (1935)
Good Luck (Bonne chance !) (1935)
Indiscretions (1936)
Confessions of a Cheat (Le Roman d'un tricheur) (1936)
Mon père avait raison (1936)
Let Us Do a Dream (1936)
Le Mot de Cambronne (1937)
Désiré (1937)
Pearls of the Crown (Les Perles de la couronne) (1937)
Quadrille (1938)
Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938)
Nine Bachelors (1939)
Mlle. Desiree (1941)
La Loi du 21 juin 1907 (1942)
De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain (1943)
My Last Mistress (1943)
La Malibran (1943)
The Private Life of an Actor (1947)
The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) (1948)
Aux deux colombes (1949)
Toâ (1949)
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)
The Treasure of Cantenac (1950)
Deburau (1951)
La Poison (1951)
Je l'ai été trois fois (1952)
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
The Virtuous Scoundrel – as narrator (1953)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles m'était conté) (1953)
Napoléon (1955)
If Paris Were Told to Us (Si Paris nous était conté) (1955)
Lovers and Thieves (Assassins et Voleurs) – does not act (1957)
Les Trois font la paire – last appearance, but only during credits (1957)
