Topaze (1933 French film)

Topaze
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Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Produced by	Marcel Pagnol
Written by	Louis J. Gasnier Léopold Marchand Marcel Pagnol (play)
Starring	Louis Jouvet Simone Héliard Marcel Vallée
Cinematography	Fred Langenfeld
Production company	Les Films Paramount
Distributed by	Les Films Paramount
Release dates	6 January 1933
Running time	103 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Topaze is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Louis Jouvet, Simone Héliard and Marcel Vallée. It is based on the 1928 play Topaze by Marcel Pagnol. The same year, an American version of the play Topaze was released, starring John Barrymore. In 1936, Pagnol himself remade the film in France.

It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Synopsis

An earnest schoolteacher who teaches his pupils that honesty is the best policy eventually changes his mind when confronted with the corruption of the business world.

Cast

• Louis Jouvet as Albert Topaze
• Simone Héliard as Ernestine
• Marcel Vallée as Muche
• Jane Loury as Baronne Pitart Vergolles
• Maurice Rémy as Roger de Tréville
• Pierre Larquey as Tamise
• Edwige Feuillère as Suzy Courtois
• Camille Beuve as Le mâitre-chanteur
• Henri Vilbert as Un agent de police
• Micheline Bernard
• Jacqueline Delubac
• Raymonde Debrennes

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Topaze at IMDb