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| Ian Puleston-Davies | ... | Inspector Colombani | |
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Dorottya Hais | ... | Nicole (as Dorrottya Hais) |
| Mark Hadfield | ... | Albert Rochain | |
| Iván Fenyö | ... | Pietr | |
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Dénes Bernáth | ... | Victor Poliensky |
| Grant Stimpson | ... | Barman | |
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Karen Gagnon | ... | Police Telephonist |
| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Chief Inspector Jules Maigret | |
| Shaun Dingwall | ... | Inspector Janvier | |
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Leo Staar | ... | Inspector LaPointe |
| Peter Schueller | ... | Reveller | |
| Mark Heap | ... | Dr. Moers | |
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Hugh Simon | ... | Dr. Paul |
| Matt Devere | ... | Detective | |
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Russell Dean | ... | Post Office Clerk (as Russel Dean) |
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A series of vicious, murderous attacks on three wealthy farms in Picardy hit the national headlines and the elite Brigade Criminelle at the Quay Des Orfevres is called upon to lend its expertise in tracking down the brutal gang responsible for the slaughter. However, Inspector Maigret is resolute in investigating the murder of an obscure anonymous Parisian, an investigation that ultimately solves both crimes.
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25 December 2016 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Chief Inspector Jules Maigret: I want you to know that his name was Albert Rochain and that he had a wife and that they were trying to start a family. And for all his little bets and his little winnings, his life was more successful than yours, because *he* didn't end up like an animal in a cage, despised by everyone, with nothing to look forward except his execution.
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To re-create 1950s Paris, the drama was mostly filmed in Budapest, Hungary. See more »Goofs
When photographing the body thrown from the car, the police photographer takes flash photos in quick succession, obviously using an electronic flash and not changing bulbs. See more »Quotes
[to the man who murdered Albert Rochain and who has just described him as "a little man - a nobody"]Chief Inspector Jules Maigret: I want you to know that his name was Albert Rochain and that he had a wife and that they were trying to start a family. And for all his little bets and his little winnings, his life was more successful than yours, because *he* didn't end up like an animal in a cage, despised by everyone, with nothing to look forward except his execution.
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In the final credits the character played by Matt Devere is listed as "Detetctive" See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Who would have thought that Rowan Atkinson could play a role as difficult as "Maigret"? Not only is this on the other end of the spectrum, light-years away from "Johnny English" and "Mr. Bean", Commissaire Maigret (in this series ranked as "chief-inspector") was splendidly portrayed by the late Bruno Cremer in no less than 54 (!) episodes, which made it twice as difficult for Atkinson to become the new Jules.
Having read most of my countryman Georges Simenon's books, I have an image of Jules Maigret as a thinker, not a talker. Rowan Atkinson portrays this in a very convincing way. Perhaps a little more pipe- training could come in handy, but other than that it's a realistic Maigret.
The use of Hungary as film location for 1950's Paris is a good choice: the dirty houses and alleys realistically picture the era of a coal-heated metropolis. Dirty cars complete the image, and even the camera-work reminds of the film-noir of the 1940's and '50's.
The only flaws in this and the previous episode, are goofs that could have been avoided easily: the car's headlights should have been yellow, not white (compulsory in France from the mid 1930's until 1993), in lit areas French cars used to drive with the positioning lights on - dip and high beam were only used on dark country roads, not in town. Another goof are the press cameras flash bulbs: until the late 1960's, before the age of electronics, flash bulbs were made of magnesium filaments, and had to be replaced after every shot. It was impossible to flash, flash, flash in a few seconds, like ALL the cameras in this series do. Shame on you, researchers!
I really enjoyed Rowan Atkinson as a mature Jules Maigret, however... on the sly I was hoping for a suspect called... Bob. ;-)