Eclipse Series 22: Presenting Sacha Guitry
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Film Info
- France
- 1937
- 105 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- French
Sacha Guitry plays four roles—including François I and Napoleon III—in this multilingual whirlwind of pageantry investigating the history of seven pearls, four of which end up on the crown of England and three of which go missing. The Pearls of the Crown rockets through four centuries of European history with imaginative, winking irreverence.
Cast
| Jean Martin/François I/Barras/Napoléon III | Sacha Guitry |
| Françoise Martin/Marie Stuart/Joséphine de Beauharnais | Jacqueline Delubac |
| Young Napoléon | Jean-Louis Barrault |
| Napoléon I (1815) | Emile Drain |
| Henry IV | Aimé Simon-Girard |
| Aide-de-camp of the king of England/Henry VIII | Lyn Harding |
| Madame du Barry | Simone Renant |
| Pope Clement VII | Ermete Zacconi |
| Queen of Abyssinia | Arletty |
| Industrialist | Raimu |
| Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne | Renee Saint-Cyr |
Credits
| Director | Sacha Guitry |
| Screenplay | Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque |
| Cinematography | Jules Kruger |
| Editing | W. Barache and Myriam |
| Music | Jean Françaix |
| Art direction | Jean Perrier |
| Costume design | Georges K. Benda |
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