Marc Allégret

Biography

Marc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director. He was born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, 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 André Gide's mother to tutor André in light of his weak grades in school, after which he and his charge became fast friends. In 1895 Elie Allégret was best man at André Gide's wedding. After filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with André Gide, Marc Allégret chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His relationship with Gide ended after that trip 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. Marc Allégret is noted …

Directed

1. Fanny (1932) — Director
2. Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958) — Director
3. Blanche Fury (1948) — Director
4. The Curtain Rises (1938) — Director
5. Plucking the Daisy (1956) — Director
6. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955) — Director
7. Zouzou (1934) — Director
8. School for Love (1955) — Director
9. Sunday Encounter (1958) — Director
10. Heart of Paris (1937) — Director
11. Under Western Eyes (1936) — Director
12. Black and White (1931) — Director
13. Tales of Paris (1962) — Director
14. The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944) — Director
15. Julietta (1953) — Director
16. Ladies Lake (1934) — Director
17. Pétrus (1946) — Director
18. Orage (1938) — Director
19. Twilight (1944) — Director
20. L'Arlésienne (1942) — Director
21. The Abominable Man of Customs (1963) — Director
22. Woman of Malacca (1937) — Director
23. Blackmailed (1951) — Director
24. With André Gide (1952) — Director
25. Voyage au Congo (1927) — Director
26. Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970) — Director
27. The Dreadful (1959) — Director
28. The Lovers of Midnight (1931) — Director
29. Night attack (1931) — Director
30. Without a Family (1934) — Director
31. The Free Trade Hotel (1934) — Director
32. Adventure in Paris (1936) — Director
33. Parade in 7 Nights (1941) — Director
34. Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) — Director
35. Lumière (1966) — Director
36. Love Is at Stake (1957) — Director
37. Lunegarde (1946) — Director
38. The Naked Heart (1950) — Director
39. The best hostess (1930) — Director
40. The Terrible Lovers (1936) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Blood and Roses (1960) — Judge Monteverdi