Gastyne, Marco de

(Marc Henri Benoist / July 15, 1888, Paris, France - November 8, 1982, Paris, France)

   The son of a popular novelist of the early twentieth century, Jules de Gastyne, he opted for painting and studied at the Beaux-Arts. Having won the First Rome Prize in 191I, he became a production de­signer in 1919 (La Sultane de l'Amour, two parts, René Le Somptier, Charles Burguet; 1920 La Croisade, René Le Somptier; 1926 La Chaussée des Géants, Robert Boudrioz, Jean Durand). He signed his films as Marc de Gastyne since L'Ecole de Barbizon (1943).

 Filmography

1922 ◘ Inch'Allah (co-director with Frantz Toussaint)

        ◘ A l'Horizon du Sud / L'Aventure (also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Blessure / Les Ailes brûlées

        ◘ La Châtelaine du Liban / USA: Milady of Liban (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1928 ◘ Mon Coeur au ralenti (also production designer)

        ◘ La Madone des Sleepings / USA: Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (co-director with Maurice Gleize)

1929 ◘ La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc, Fille de Lorraine

        ◘ Une Belle Garce

        ◘ Le Chimpanzé (medium-length; also produc­tion designer)

        ◘ Claudie Dompteuse / Mademoiselle Orphée (medium-length; also production designer)

        ◘ Coup de Bourse (short)

        ◘ Et avec ça Papa (short)

        ◘ L'Ours et le Pacha (short)

        ◘ Les Ruines de Gallefontaine (short)

        ◘ Un Coup manqué (short)

        ◘ Une Fine Partie (medium-length)

1933 ◘ La Bête errante (shot in 1931)

        ◘ Rotchild

        ◘ Gonzague (short)

        ◘ Vas-y tue moi! / Tue-moi vite (short)

        ◘ L'Île de la Solitude (short)

        ◘ La Reine des Resquilleuses (co-director with Max Glass)

1940 ◘ L'Irrésistible Rebelle / Une Idée à l'Eau (Marco de Gastyne began to shoot the movie, and Jean-Paul Le Chanois completed the film using previous footage)

1943 ◘ L'Ecole de Barbizon (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les tout Petits de la Ferme (short)

1945 ◘ Kidnapping chez les Singes (short)

        ◘ Il était une Fois . . . César (short; also author of original story, screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Histoire de Singe / Histoires de Singe, His­toire de Singe (short; also author of original story, screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Bêtes captives (short)

        ◘ La Fugue de Caroline (short; also author of commentary)

        ◘ Pas si Bête que ça . . . (short; also author of original story and co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Vacances blanches (short)

1950 ◘ Caroline dans ses Meubles (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Caroline du Sud / Caroline au Palace (short; also screenwriter, author of commentary)

        ◘ Cher Vieux Paris / Paris des Artistes (medium-length; also screenwriter, author of commen­tary)

1952 ◘ Caroline au Pays natal (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Caroline fait du Cinéma (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Gavarni et son Temps (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Parisienne (medium-length)

        ◘ Un Monde troublant (short)

1953 ◘ Avec les Gens du Voyage (short)

        ◘ La Beauté de l'Effort (short)

        ◘ Le Grand Cirque s'en va (short)

        ◘ L'Homme et la Bête (short)

        ◘ Kalima, Danseuse Ouled-Nail (short)

        ◘ Les Marches du Sud (short)

1954 ◘ Le Trésor des Pharaons / Le Masque de Tout Ankh Amon / L'Or des Pharaons (France / Egypt; unreleased)

        ◘ Egypte éternelle (documentary; short)

1955 ◘ Le Cercle enchanté (short)

        ◘ L'Homme notre Ami (short)

1956 ◘ Entre Deux Guerres (short)

        ◘ Les plus beaux Jours (short)

        ◘ Le Château du Passé (short)

        ◘ Gadichon (short)

        ◘ Mireva la Gitane (short)

        ◘ Noireau (short)

        ◘ Vibre, Cheval sauvage (short)

1962 ◘ Trique, Gamin de Paris (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Chien, mon Ami (short)

        ◘ Les Civilisés (short)

1963 ◘ A l'Aventure (short)

        ◘ Sur les Traces de Mazarin (documentary; short)

1964 ◘ Douchka (short; also screenwriter)