Topaze

Story

Synopsis

Mr. Topaze (Arnaudy) is a hard-working, honest, scrupulous teacher at a school run by a corrupt principal. When he fails to raise the grades of the daughter of a wealthy patron, he's fired, only to soon be hired as a "tutor" by the mistress of a local politician. This is merely a ruse, to get Topaze's honorable name attached to a dodgy business deal. Ever a man of trust and honor, Topaze is the last to twig, but, once he gets a taste for ill-gotten gains, he begins to settle old scores.

Director

Marcel Pagnol

Writers

Marcel Pagnol

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

1 January 1936

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Alexandre Arnaudy

  Monsieur Topaze

• Délia Col

  'Coco' Suzy Courtois

• 

  Léon Belières

  Régis Castel-Bénac

• Jean Arbuleau

  Roger de Berville

• 

  Pierre Asso

  Tamise

• 

  Sylvia Bataille

  Ernestine Muche

• 

  André Pollack

  M. Muche

• Jean Castan

• 

  Paul Demange

• 

  Henri Poupon

• 

  Alida Rouffe