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.
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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