Topaze /
An unremittingly honest teacher refuses to alter the report card of a dumb pupil to please a rich mother and the headmaster of the school. He is discharged and is taken up by the city's biggest grafter. Threatening to expose his employer, he decides not to when given his degree as a Doctor of...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French with English subtitles. |
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New York, NY :
Interama Video Classics,
[1995]
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| Summary: | An unremittingly honest teacher refuses to alter the report card of a dumb pupil to please a rich mother and the headmaster of the school. He is discharged and is taken up by the city's biggest grafter. Threatening to expose his employer, he decides not to when given his degree as a Doctor of Moral Philosophy. The new honor changes him and he takes over his employer's business and his mistress. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the play: Topaze / by Marcel Pagnol. Originally released in 1951 as motion picture. A foreign film (France). "New master, new electronic subtitles"--Container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS Hi-fi. |
| Production Credits: | Writer/producer/director, Marcel Pagnol ; director of photography, Philippe Agostini ; music, Raymond Legrand. |