Marc Allégret

Marc Allégret
Born	22 December 1900(1900-12-22) Basel, Basel-Stadt
Died	3 November 1973(1973-11-03) (aged 72) Versailles, France
Occupation	Screenwriter and film director
Years active	1927 - 1970

Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter and film director.

Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven. Later, Marc was to fall briefly under the spell of Cocteau, who Gide feared would "corrupt" him.

Marc's father, Elie Allégret, had originally been hired by Gide's mother to tutor her son in light of his weak grades in school, after which he and his charge became fast friends. In 1895 Elie was best man at Gide's wedding.

After filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with Gide, he chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His relationship with Gide ended after that trip, as Allégret found out that he preferred women after having experiences with Congolese women. They nevertheless remained close friends until Gide's death in 1951. After working and training as an assistant director, in 1931 he directed his first feature Mam'zelle Nitouche and the following year received much acclaim for his film, Fanny. He went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films.

Allégret is noted for discovering and/or developing new acting talent who went on to stardom including Michèle Morgan, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Danièle Delorme, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim who would become his directing assistant.

He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

Filmography

• 1927 : Voyage au Congo (documentary)
• 1930 : La Meilleure bobone (short)
• 1931 : Mam'zelle Nitouche
• 1931 : J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (short)
• 1931 : Attaque nocturne (short)
• 1931 : Les Amours de minuit
• 1931 : Le Blanc et le Noir
• 1932 : La Petite Chocolatière
• 1932 : Fanny
• 1934 : Zouzou
• 1934 : L'Hôtel du libre échange
• 1934 : Lac aux dames
• 1934 : Sans famille
• 1935 : Les Beaux jours
• 1936 : Sous les yeux d'occident
• 1936 : Aventure à Paris
• 1936 : Les Amants terribles
• 1937 : Gribouille
• 1937 : La Dame de Malacca
• 1937 : Andere Welt
• 1938 : Orage
• 1938 : Entrée des artistes
• 1939 : Le Corsaire
• 1941 : Parade en 7 nuits
• 1942 : L'Arlésienne
• 1942 : La Belle aventure
• 1943 : Les Deux timides
• 1944 : Les Petites du quai aux fleurs
• 1945 : Félicie Nanteuil
• 1946 : Lunegarde
• 1946 : Pétrus
• 1947 : Blanche Fury
• 1950 : Blackmailed
• 1950 : Maria Chapdelaine
• 1952 : Avec André Gide (documentary)
• 1952 : La Demoiselle et son revenant
• 1953 : Julietta
• 1954 : L'Eterna femmina
• 1954 : L'Amante di Paride
• 1955 : Futures vedettes
• 1955 : L'Amant de lady Chatterley
• 1956 : En effeuillant la marguerite
• 1957 : L'Amour est en jeu
• 1958 : Sois belle et tais-toi
• 1958 : Un drôle de dimanche
• 1959 : Les Affreux
• 1961 : Les Démons de minuit
• 1962 : Les Parisiennes
• 1963 : L'Abominable homme des douanes
• 1966 : Lumière (documentary)
• 1970 : Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel

External links

• Marc Allégret at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Allégret, Marc
Alternative names
Short description	Screenwriter and film director
Date of birth	December 22, 1900
Place of birth	Basel, Basel-Stadt
Date of death	November 3, 1973
Place of death	Versailles  France