Comedy
After stealing eight pennies, a boy’s family punishes him by depriving him of a meal that, tragically, turns out to be poisonous. The incident leaves the child an orphan. As an adult he drifts through many trades, becoming a professional cheat. Fortune favors him until he develops a taste for gambling and loses everything.
Confessions of a Cheat
DETAILS
After stealing eight pennies, a boy’s family punishes him by depriving him of a meal that, tragically, turns out to be poisonous. The incident leaves the child an orphan. As an adult he drifts through many trades, becoming a professional cheat. Fortune favors him until he develops a taste for gambling and loses everything.
- Duration:
- 1h 20m
- Release Date:
- 1936
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Rating:
- Director:
- Sacha Guitry
- Starring:
- Sacha Guitry
- Marguerite Moreno
- Jacqueline Delubac
- Pauline Carton
- Fréhel
- Elmire Vautier
