Topaze
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Albert Topaze, sincere schoolteacher addicted to "rote" morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose daughter, also a teacher, makes cynical use of the knowledge that Topaze loves her. Alas, Topaze's naive honesty brings him unjust dismissal...and makes him fair game for the "aunt" of his private pupil, really the mistress of crooked politician Regis, who needs an honest-seeming "front man." Can artful Suzy Courtois keep Topaze on the string? With steadily escalating disillusion comes moral crisis...
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Cast
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Fernandel
Albert Topaze
Known for
The Little World of Don Camillo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Hélène Perdrière
Suzy Courtois
Known for
The Phantom of Liberty
Jacques Morel
Régis Castel-Bénac
Known for
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Marcel Vallée
M. Muche
Known for
The Crazy Ray
Jacqueline Pagnol
Ernestine Muche
Also in
Manon of the Spring
Naïs
Jacques Castelot
Roger Gaëtan de Bersac
Known for
Angelique
Children of Paradise
Milly Mathis
la baronne de Pitart-Vergniolles
Known for
Fanny
Yvette Etiévant
la dactylo de Topaze
Known for
War of the Buttons
Eyes Without a Face
Robert Moor
le vénérable vieillard
Known for
La Belle Équipe
Pierre Larquey
Tamise, un autre professeur
Known for
Diabolique
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Rivers Cadet
Also in
Lidoire
Good Luck
Marcel Loche
Also in
A Woman Like Satan
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Marcel Pagnol Director · Monique Lacombe Editor Robert Giordani Production designer
First release January 25, 1951 · Produced in France
Production
Les Films Marcel Pagnol
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Monaco · January 25, 1951
Theatrical
France · February 2, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 18, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
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