The Pearls of the Crown

Les perles de la couronne

France

1937

105 Min

Black and White

1.33:1

French

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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SCR Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque

CAST Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jean-Louis Barrault, Émile Drain, Aimé Simon-Girard, Lyn Harding, Simone Renant, Ermete Zacconi, Arletty, Raimu, Renee Saint-Cyr

Sacha Guitry plays four roles—including King Francis I and Napoleon—in this multilingual whirlwind of pageantry that investigates the fate of three pearls missing from the royal crown of England. Guitry’s first script written directly for the screen rockets through four centuries of European history with imaginative, winking irreverence.

Director

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957) was a French film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1885, the son of the actor Lucien Guitry. Guitry wrote the libretto to the 1925 pastiche Mozart which contains a story about the fictional adventures of Mozart on a visit to Paris.

Except when mentioned, Guitry took part in all of his films as director, screenplay writer, dialogue writer, and actor. —Wikipedia