Sacha Pitoëff

Sacha Pitoëff
Born	11 March 1920 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	21 July 1990 (aged 70) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952-1980

Sacha Pitoëff (11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a French film actor and theater director.

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Georges and Ludmilla Pitoëff, Sacha Pitoëff played his first film role in 1952. Appearing in over 50 movies, he is probably best known for his performance in Alain Resnais' enigmatic Last Year at Marienbad (1960), as a character known simply as "M". He was also featured in roles of various sizes in such films as René Clément's Is Paris Burning? (1967) and Jacques Demy's Donkey Skin (1970). Toward the end of his career, he began appearing in horror films, including Dario Argento's Inferno (1980) and the low budget Patrick Still Lives (1980).

Selected filmography

• Anastasia (1956)
• Last Year at Marienbad (1960)
• Captain Fracasse (1961)
• The Prize (1963)
• Is Paris Burning? (1966)
• Night of the Generals (1967)
• Donkey Skin (1970)
• The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)
• To Catch a Spy (1971)
• La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu (1975)
• Patrick Still Lives (1980)
• Inferno (1980)

References

• Sacha Pitoëff at the Internet Movie Database