The Story of a Cheat
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Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director
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Principal cast & crew: 24
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Edited by Myriam BorsoutskyShot by Marcel LucienScored by Adolphe Borchard
Also known as
- Roman eines Schwindlersde
- Confessions of a Cheaten
- Il romanzo di un baroit
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Cast & Crew
24 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Sacha Guitry
as Le tricheur (The Cheat)
Adolphe Borchard
as Self (in prologue)
Marcel Lucien
as Self (in prologue)
Raymond Clunie
as Self (in prologue)
Paul Duverge
as Self (in prologue)
Guerbe
as Self (in prologue)
Henri Menessier
as Self (in prologue)
Mailleray
as Self - Furniture Maker (in prologue)
Marguerite Moreno
as The Countess
Jacqueline Delubac
as The Wife
Pauline Carton
as Madame Moriot
Rosine Derean
as la voleuse professionnelle
Supporting cast
10Frehel
as la rouquine, chanteuse du beuglant
Elmire Vautier
as la comtesse Beauchamp (jeune)
Serge Grave
as le tricheur (petit garçon)
Pierre Asso
as le tricheur (jeune homme)
Roger Duchesne
as Serge Abramitch
Henri Pfeifer
as M. Charbonnier
Pierre Labry
as Maître Morlot, le notaire et cousin
Fernand Trignol
as le curé
Roger Royer
as un joueur
Gaston Dupray
as le garçon de café
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