Marc Allégret

Directing·Dec 23, 1900·Bâle, Suisse

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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 for discovering and 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 was married to Nadine Vogel. He was a married man who then felt he had an obligation to proclaim his homosexuality. He was, however, seen as a general liberator rather than a specialist defender of homosexual rights. He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

Film	Credit
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLumière1966 · Director	Director
The Abominable Man of Customs1963 · Director	Director
Tales of Paris1962 · Director	Director
Demons at Midnight1961 · Director	Director
Blood and Roses1960 · Judge Monteverdi	Judge Monteverdi
The Dreadful1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sunday Encounter1958 · Director	Director
Be Beautiful and Shut Up1958 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Love Is at Stake1957 · Director	Director
Plucking the Daisy1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lady Chatterley's Lover1955 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
School for Love1955 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
LL'eterna femmina1954 · Director	Director
Loves of Three Queens1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Fate of Two Queens1954 · Director	Director
Julietta1953 · Director	Director
La demoiselle et son revenant1952 · Director	Director
With André Gide1952 · Director	Director
Blackmailed1951 · Director	Director
The Naked Heart1950 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Blanche Fury1948 · Director	Director
Pétrus1946 · Director	Director
Lunegarde1946 · Director	Director
Twilight1944 · Director	Director
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform1944 · Director	Director
The Beautiful Adventure1942 · Director	Director
L'Arlésienne1942 · Director	Director
Parade in 7 Nights1941 · Director	Director
JJeunes filles de France1939 · Director	Director
The Curtain Rises1938 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Orage1938 · Director	Director
Andere Welt1937 · Director	Director
Woman of Malacca1937 · Director	Director
Heart of Paris1937 · Director	Director
Adventure in Paris1936 · Director	Director
TThe Terrible Lovers1936 · Director	Director
Under Western Eyes1936 · Director	Director
Happy Days1935 · Director	Director
Zouzou1934 · Director	Director
Without a Family1934 · Director	Director
The Free Trade Hotel1934 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Ladies Lake1934 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fanny1932 · Director	Director
The Chocolate Girl1932 · Director	Director
Night attack1931 · Director	Director
TThe four legs1931 · Director	Director
Mam'zelle Nitouche1931 · Director	Director