Azaïs
Remember when Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music says "Every time God closes a door, He opens a window?" Well, this is basically the same philosophy followed by a sage authority named Professor Azais. Though he is never seen in the film, Azais's influences dictates every move made by Le Baron Wurtz (Max Dearly), a private tutor. Though he suffers quite a few setbacks, Wurtz presses on, armed by the Azaiz philosophy that every time something goes wrong in one part of the world, it is balanced by something going right elsewhere. This "law of compensations" pays off in big laughs for the audience, and in a happy-ever-after for Wurtz. Azais was based on a play by Georges Berr and Rene Verneuil.
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Cast
19 people
Max Dearly
Baron Wurtz
Known for
Les Misérables
Simone Rouvière
Suzette Wurtz
Also in
Danton
With Assurance
Georges Berr
René Hervil
Also in
Vendetta
Jacques Haïk
Jeanne Saint-Bonnet
Comtesse Romani
Also in
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
Calino s'endurcit la figure
Pierre Maudru
Pierre Stéphen
Félix Borneret
Also in
Crazy in the Noodle
Raphaël le tatoué
Louis Verneuil
Gaston Dupray
Luquin
Known for
The Story of a Cheat
Henriette Delannoy
Baronne Wurtz
Also in
The ingenuous libertine
La Maternelle
Suzy Pierson
Gabrielle Avize
Also in
The Three-Sided Mirror
Six and a Half by Eleven
René Hervil Director
First release May 22, 1931
Production
Les Établissements Jacques Haïk
Production · Distribution
Languages
Original language
French
Release dates
France · May 22, 1931
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
June 19, 1931 · Brussels
France
December 30, 1932 · Theatrical
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