Topaze (1933 French film) explained

Topaze
Director:Louis J. Gasnier
Producer:Marcel Pagnol
Cinematography:Fred Langenfeld
Studio:Les Films Paramount
Distributor:Les Films Paramount
Runtime: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.[1] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Goble p.987