Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1962 Les Démons de Minuit / UK: Demons at Midnight
(co-director with Charles Gérard)
Les Parisiennes / Le Parigine / UK: Beds and
Broads / USA: Tales of Paris (episode “Sophie”;
also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)
1963 L’Abominable Homme des Douanes
1964 Pour le Plaisir (documentary; short)
1965 Portrait-Souvenir d’André Gide (documentary;
short)
1966 Bibliothèque d’Enfant (documentary; short)
1967 Exposition 1900 (documentary; short)
Lumière (documentary; short)
1968 Lumière II (documentary; short)
Début de Siècle (documentary; short)
La Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis de 1896 à
1900 (documentary; short)
Jeunesse de France (documentary; short)
1969 L’Europe continentale avant 1900 (documentary;
short)
L’Europe méridionale au Temps des Rois (documentary;
short)
1970 Le Bal du Comte d’Orgel (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
ALLÉGRET, YVES (October 13, 1905, Asnières,
France–January 31, 1987, Jouars-Ponchartrain, Yvelines,
France)
In 1929, when the cinema began to talk, he was hired
by producer Pierre Braunberger in order to supervise
the installation of sound on Billancourt Studios.
After co-directing a commercial with screenwriter
Jean Aurenche and future playwright Jean Anouilh, he
became an assistant director notably to his brother
Marc (1931 Les Amours de Minuit, co-director with
Augusto Genina; Mam’zelle Nitouche; 1932 Fanny;
1934 Lac aux Dames; Sans Famille; 1935 Les Beaux
Jours; 1936 Sous les Yeux d’Occident / Razumov; Les
Amants terribles) and Jean Renoir (1931 La Chienne;
1936 Une Partie de Campagne / UK and USA: A Day in
the Country). He also was a costume designer (1933
Ciboulette, Claude Autant-Lara), a production manager
(1937 Forfaiture, Marcel L’Herbier), and a co-screenwriter
(1937 Vous n’avez rien à déclarer? / USA: Confessions
of a Newlywed, Léo Joannon; 1938 Le Dompteur,
Pierre Colombier; 1940 L’Emigrante, Léo Joannon).
His short Jeunes Filles de France was presented at the
1939 New York World’s Fair under the title The Girls
of France. From 1944 to 1949, he was married to actress
Simone Signoret (1921–1985). Their daughter is
also an actress, Catherine Allégret (born in 1946).
Filmography
ALLÉGRET, YVES • 9
1931 La Pomme de Terre: Prix et Profi ts (documentary;
short; also screenwriter, author of commentary)
1932 Teneriffe (short; documentary; also producer)
1934 Le Gagnant (short)
1935 Amour et Automobile (short)
1937 L’Ardèche (documentary; short)
1939 Les Usines Ford à Poissy (documentary; unfi nished)
Jeunes Filles de France / USA: The Girls of France
(documentary; short)
1940 La Roue tourne (unfi nished)
Tobie est un Ange (unreleased)
1943 Les Deux Timides (as Yves Champlain; shot in
1941)
1945 La Boîte aux Rêves (Jean Choux began to shoot
the movie; also co-screenwriter, adapter; shot
in 1943)
1946 Les Démons de l’Aube
1948 Dédée d’Anvers / USA: Dedee / Woman of Antwerp
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1949 Une si jolie petite Plage / USA: Riptide / Such a
Pretty Little Beach
1950 Manèges / UK and USA: The Cheat / The
Wanton
1951 Les Miracles n’ont lieu qu’une Fois / I miracoli non
si ripetono (France / Italy)
1952 Nez de Cuir / Naso di cuoio / Gentiluomo
d’amore (France / Italy)
Les Sept Péchés capitaux / I sette peccati capitali
/ UK and USA: The Seven Deadly Sins (segment
“La Luxure / Lust”; France / Italy)
La Jeune Folle / USA: Desperate Decision / Revenge
at Daybreak
1953 Les Orgueilleux / The Proud Ones / The Proud
and the Beautiful (also co-screenwriter; France
/ Mexico)
1954 Mam’zelle Nitouche / Santarellina / UK: Oh
No, Mam’zelle (also co-screenwriter; France
/ Italy)
1955 Oasis / Oase (France / West Germany; shot in
1953–1954)
1956 La Meilleure Part / Gli anni che non ritornano
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France /
Italy)
1957 Méfi ez-vous, Fillettes / USA: Young Girls Beware
Quand la Femme s’en mêle / Godot / Die Killer
lassen bitten / UK: Send a Woman When the