Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (left) and André Gide , 1920
Marc Allégret (born December 22, 1900 in Basel , † November 3, 1973 in Paris ) was a French film director and the brother of director Yves Allégret .
Life
After Marc Allégret had completed his law degree, he became secretary to André Gide , with whom he entered into a relationship in 1917. His first film, Voyage au Congo (1926) , was made while accompanying Gide on an expedition to Africa . He then worked as an assistant director for Augusto Genina and Robert Florey . In 1931 he started making his own films.
Allégret is considered to be the discoverer of Brigitte Bardot .
Filmography
Director
- 1930: Papoul
- 1932: Fanny - based on a play by Marcel Pagnol
- 1934: L'Hotel du Libre-Èchange
- 1934: Zou-Zou
- 1935: Sylvie (The beautiful days) (Les beaux jours)
- 1936: Sous les yeux d'Occident
- 1937: The fifth juror (Gribouille) - based on a play by Marcel Achard
- 1937: Other World (La dame de Malacca)
- 1938: love of theater (Entrée des artistes)
- 1942: L'Arlésienne
- 1942: Félicie Nanteuil - based on a novel by Anatole France
- 1944: The Countess of Lunegarde (Lunegarde)
- 1946: Buccaneers of Love (Pétrus)
- 1948: Restless Blood (Blanche Fury)
- 1950: Crimes Without Guilt (Blackmailed)
- 1950: The dreaming heart (Maria Chapdelaine) - based on the novel Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon
- 1953: Julietta - based on a novel by Louise de Vilmorin
- 1955: The Love of Lady Chatterley (L'Amant de Lady Chatterley) - based on the novel by DH Lawrence
- 1955: Ripe on young flowers (Futures vedettes) - based on a novel by Vicki Baum
- 1956: The daisy is defoliated (En effeuillant la marguerite)
- 1957: Be beautiful and shut up (Sois belle et tais-toi)
- 1957: My wife, my boy and I ... (L'Amour est un jeu) - with Annie Girardot
- 1958: Live and let love (Drôle de dimanche)
- 1959: The Just or The Ballad of the White Waistcoat (Les Affreux)
- 1961: Parisian Women (Les Parisiennes) - Director of the 2nd episode
- 1961: Devil at midnight (Les Démons de minuit)
- 1969: Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel
actor
- 1960 And to Die of Lust (Et mourir de plaisir) - Director: Roger Vadim
Web links
- Marc Allégret in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Marc Allégret in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allégret, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd December 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1973 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |