Videoteca

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées 1938 star_border 5.7
The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Désiré 1937 star_border 7.1
Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director's real-life wife, Jacqueline Delubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree class farce filled with memorable supporting characters, Désiré blurs the distinction between upstairs and downstairs.

The Pearls of the Crown 1937 star_border 6.1
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

Le Mot de Cambronne 1937 star_border 5.9
Madame Cambronne, who is English, "it's historic", would really like to know what this famous "Cambronne word" is, which she has never heard. General Cambronne stubbornly refuses to repeat his famous saying.

Let's Make a Dream 1936 star_border 6.9
A husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds there, without knowing it, the lover of his wife, to whom he confesses his infidelity.

My Father Was Right 1936 star_border 5.9
After being left for another man by his wife, Charles Bellanger raises his only son to fear and suspect women. Years later, such an education is bearing fruit.

The Story of a Cheat 1936 star_border 7.5
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. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...

The New Testament 1936 star_border 6.7
Husbands and wives, lovers and gigolos, all break a sweat when Dr. Marcelin’s newly-revised last will and testament is prematurely exposed.