FILM DIRECTOR

Marc Allégret

1900 - 1973

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Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Allégret has received more than 123,787 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Marc Allégret is the 321st most popular film director (up from 404th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 195th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Marc Allégret ranks 321 out of 2,041. Before him are Darren Aronofsky, George Miller, Jack L. Warner, Adolph Zukor, Dušan Makavejev, and Yuen Woo-ping. After him are Francis Veber, Anatole Litvak, King Vidor, Steven Soderbergh, Garry Marshall, and Leo McCarey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Marc Allégret ranks 78. Before him are William Heinesen, Jean Arthur, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Robert Desnos, and George Uhlenbeck. After him are Eduardo De Filippo, Joseph Needham, Herbert Bayer, Herberts Cukurs, Ernst Neufert, and Kiyoo Kanda. Among people deceased in 1973, Marc Allégret ranks 77. Before him are Yaakov Dori, Robert Ryan, Betty Grable, Mikhail Kalatozov, Mary Wigman, and Jacques Lipchitz. After him are Bruno Maderna, Veronica Lake, Shirali Muslimov, Alexander Orlov, Ben Webster, and Monika Ertl.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Marc Allégret ranks 166 out of 1,015. Before him are Kurt Huber (1893), Édouard Claparède (1873), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Robert Frank (1924), and Walter H. Schottky (1886). After him are Ueli Maurer (1950), Peter Sauber (1943), Grock (1880), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Bernard Tschumi (1944), and Matthias Zurbriggen (1856).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Switzerland

Among film directors born in Switzerland, Marc Allégret ranks 2. Before him are Robert Frank (1924). After him are Arthur Cohn (1927), Alain Tanner (1929), Henri Colpi (1921), Claude Goretta (1929), Daniel Schmid (1941), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Baran bo Odar (1978), and Dani Levy (1957).

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Filmography

Fanny
Director
Picking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fanny’s grief after Marius’s departure—and her realization that she’s pregnant. Panisse continues courting her and embraces the baby’s impending arrival as a gift, so long as its paternity remains a secret. Fanny and Panisse wed, but after her baby’s birth, Marius returns unexpectedly and demands what he believes is still his.
Oct 27o 19327.3 / 10
Blanche Fury
Director
Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.
Feb 19o 19486 / 10
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Director
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
May 7o 19585.3 / 10