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Marc Allégret

Screenwriter / Film Director / Photographer | * 12/22/1900 († 72, 11/03/1973) | Bâle (Switzerland)
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. ()

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 Allégre 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 homosexuaity. He was hoever seen as a general liberator rather than a specilist defender of homosexual rights.He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Movies with Marc Allégret as Actor(1)

as Judge Monteverdi1960 Blood and Roses

Movies with Marc Allégret as Crew(67)

Directing/Director1970 Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Writing/Writer1970 Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Directing/Director1966 Lumière
Directing/Director1963 L'Abominable Homme des douanes
Directing/Director1962 Tales of Paris
Directing/Director1961 Demons at Midnight
Directing/Director1959 Les Affreux
Writing/Writer1959 Les Affreux
Directing/Director1958 Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Writing/Writer1958 Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Directing/Director1958 Sunday Encounter
Directing/Director1957 L'amour est en jeu
Directing/Director1956 Plucking the Daisy
Writing/Writer1956 Plucking the Daisy
Directing/Director1955 Lady Chatterley's Lover
Writing/Screenplay1955 Lady Chatterley's Lover
Directing/Director1955 School for Love
Production/Producer1955 School for Love
Writing/Writer1955 School for Love
Directing/Director1954 L'eterna femmina
Directing/Director1954 The Fate of Two Queens
Directing/Director1954 Loves of Three Queens
Writing/Writer1954 Loves of Three Queens
Directing/Director1953 Julietta
Directing/Director1952 La Demoiselle et son revenant
Directing/Director1952 With André Gide
Directing/Director1951 Blackmailed
Directing/Director1950 The Naked Heart
Directing/Director1948 Blanche Fury
Directing/Director1946 Pétrus
Directing/Director1946 Lunegarde
Directing/Director1944 Twilight
Directing/Director1942 L'Arlésienne
Directing/Director1942 The Beautiful Adventure
Directing/Director1941 Parade in 7 Nights
Directing/Director1939 Jeunes filles de France
Directing/Director1938 The Curtain Rises
Directing/Director1938 Orage
Directing/Director1937 Gribouille
Directing/Director1937 Woman of Malacca
Directing/Director1937 Andere Welt
Directing/Director1936 The Terrible Lovers
Directing/Director1936 Under Western Eyes
Directing/Director1936 Adventure in Paris
Directing/Director1935 Happy Days
Directing/Director1934 Zouzou
Directing/Director1934 Ladies Lake
Writing/Scenario Writer1934 Ladies Lake
Writing/Writer1934 Ladies Lake
Directing/Director1934 Without a Family
Directing/Director1934 The Free Trade Hotel
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Free Trade Hotel
Directing/Director1932 Fanny
Directing/Director1932 The Chocolate Girl
Directing/Director1931 Black and White
Art/Art Direction1931 The Lovers of Midnight
Directing/Director1931 The Lovers of Midnight
Directing/Director1931 The four legs
Writing/Scenario Writer1931 The four legs
Directing/Director1931 The Necklace
Directing/Director1931 Mam'zelle Nitouche
Writing/Adaptation1931 Mam'zelle Nitouche
Directing/Director1931 Night attack
Directing/Director1930 The best hostess
Directing/Director1927 Voyage au Congo
Writing/Writer1927 Voyage au Congo

Full Name: Marc Allegret
Citizenship: France
Born: Saturday, 12/22 1900 (December) in Bâle (Switzerland)
Died: Saturday, 11/03 1973 (November) in Paris (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Sciences Po
Spouses (current/former): Nadine Vogel
Siblings: Yves Allégret
Marc Allégret frequently works together with these people:
Roger Vadim (11x, Crew)
Raimu (7x, Actor)
Julien Carette (7x, Actor)
Fernandel (5x, Actor)
Marcel Dalio (5x, Actor)
Louis Jourdan (5x, Actor)
Anthony Gildès (5x, Actor)
Odette Joyeux (5x, Actress)
Marcel Achard (5x, Crew)
Simone Simon (5x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:195371, Added: 07/20/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024