Gabin was a huge matinee idol in the 1930s and 40s with his classic performances. Maigret et le fantome film avec bruno cremer youtube. Gabin brought the screen embodiment of maigret to perfection with his formidable intensity. Death of a harbour master le port des brumes 1932 novel the golden fleece. The pragmatic, reserved and refined maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. Maigret sets a trap is a 1958 frenchitalian crime film directed by jean delannoy and starring jean gabin. They also share a moodlifting, online isolation performance of a work. With bruno cremer, alexandre brasseur, jeanclaude frissung, pierre diot. Aging stalwart and great french film star, jean gabin, was secure in his. Michael gambon plays the belgian, pipesmoking chief inspector maigret, one of tvs classic fictional sleuths from the pen of georges simenon.
Jean gabin and annie girardot in jean delannoys 1958 film. This film adaptation of a simenon novel published in france in 1955 pits the gruff, pipesmoking inspector played here by jean gabin against a serial killer of women. Intuitive, intelligent and with a genius for human. Jean gabin gives life to his determinedshrewdexhausted commissaire while jean desailly shines as the. This character is seen as avery big influence in maigret s career as a policeman until his demise three years later into the books in a street brawl where he. Maigret lays a trap letterboxd social film discovery. The maigret series done in england with michael gambon includes a film based on the same novel, so its interesting to compare. A few days later she does so by an heart attack, but maigret does not believe in this. Maigret sets a trap, maigret et laffaire saintfiacre, and maigret voit rouge. If you had to compare him to an american actor bogart would come to mind not classically handsome but a rough tough charisma there. Jean gabin, in two late50s films directed by jean delannoy, maigret sets a. Maigret is played by the great jean gabin who portrayed this character in three films.
Chief inspector jules maigret hunts for a serial killer. In maigret sets a trap, pack your pipe and track a killer the new. With his fellow officer of the law inspector maigret hunts down and outsmarts a variety of crooks and criminals against the breathtaking beauty of paris. The marais sets look great, the mystery is solid, the supporting cast excellent, especially maigret s team of cops, who do superb, and often very slyly funny, work in the background as maigret grills his suspects. Jean gabin as inspector jules maigret gets the job done. Georges simenon wrote seventysix novels starring the detective jules maigret, many of which have been adapted for television and the cinema. With jean gabin, annie girardot, olivier hussenot, jeanne boitel.
He was to do it one more time in 1963 with maigret sees red. Besides these three maigrets, he appeared in seven other simenon screen adaptations. Barnaby 0403 vendetta complet en francais duration. Maigret is a british television series from itv set in mid 1950s france. Its first episode aired on 28 march 2016, and the second on christmas day 2016. 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. Adapted from the novel laffaire saintfiacre by the belgian writer georges simenon, it tells how maigret goes privately to the aid of his late fathers employer who has received an anonymous death threat and, though unable to prevent the. Julien is played by jean gabin, the french legend of the 1930s. While gambon is a good actor, the french version makes the english film. This translation is a considerably better than the one by anthony abbot that was published in the united kingdom by. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will.
The 1950s see maigret reappear in a serious register in three films starring gabin as the inspector. This was the second film in which the legendary jean gabin portrayed inspector maigret. The twofilm maigret collaboration between delannoy and gabin starts with a stylistic bang, as another in a series of women murdered in the streets turns up. Maigret et lecluse n1 film avec bruno cremer youtube. Gabins maigret lets everyone else emote, sometimes hysterically, until. Inspector jules maigret, is one of the most beloved characters in the. Maigret et laffaire saintfiacre is a 1959 french crime film directed by jean delannoy that stars jean gabin as the fictional police detective jules maigret. Maigret cecile est morte film avec bruno cremer macri rossi.
Inspector maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to bump off women at night. The great jean gabin starred in three maigret films in the 1950s. Memories of the french actor bruno cremer, bestknown for his portrayal of georges simenons maigret. Fiacre case 1959 and maigret voit rouge maigret sees red, gilles grangier, 1963, the first images we see are a knife being thrown right into the heart of paris, then were shown the shadow of a pipe in close. This is the complete series both season one and season two together, an outstanding crime drama and mystery series that you will certainly enjoy for years to come, a true classic. Maigret s dead man maigret et son mort 1948 novel inspector lognons triumph.
Of course, the film benefits from a great interpretation. Maigret and the surly inspector maigret et linspecteur malgracieux 1946 short story the lost sailor. Maigret marks a welcome return from rowan atkinson rowan atkinson, center, portrays the french detective in the twoepisode first season of maigret on britbox. It is an adaptation of the books by georges simenon featuring his fictional french detective jules maigret, who is played by rowan atkinson. A serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of montmartre. In this one, gabin s first outing in the role, he would inhabit it twice more, reunited with director jean delannoy in maigret et laffaire saintfiacre maigret and the st. In maigret sets a trap, pack your pipe and track a. But in his nonmaigret novels, simenon was often dark, realistic, and a stylist. Maigret is the best, played so, so well by jean gabin, who was charm and naturalism and cool and smarts personified.
Regarder en hd maigret plunges into the murky parisian underworld. A second series also of two episodes aired in 2017. This is the first of three films in which georges simenons marvellous creation jules maigret is played by jean gabin. It is an adaptation of the novel maigret sets a trap by belgian writer georges simenon featuring his fictional detective jules maigret. Adapted from the novel laffaire saintfiacre by the belgian writer georges simenon, it tells how maigret goes privately to the aid of his late fathers employer who has received an anonymous death threat and, though unable to prevent the death, unmasks the.
The crime movies were seldom honored with an acting so classy. Division commissioner jules maigret and his team hunt a ring of american racketeers sent to paris to silence an embarrassing witness. In an urgent and odd point of view shot, we see the killers hand activate a local police call box, essentially requesting maigret to the scene. A decade later, jean gabin played the part in three other films. Bruno cremer stars as the legendary inspector maigret in these faithful adaptations of the classic novels by georges simenon, remastered with allnew englis. The two film maigret collaboration between delannoy and gabin starts with a stylistic bang, as another in a series of women murdered in the streets turns up. The formula was a success, and in 1959, the gabin delannoyaudiard trio returned with maigret et laffaire saintfiacre, an adaptation of one of the earliest maigrets 1932. Rather plodding initially and resembling a standard policier, it takes on a new dimension and becomes totally absorbing with the appearance of annie girardot, jean desailly and lucienne bogaert all of whom are fantastic. Now, just as soon as they complete that bluray, they can turn. Maigret sets a trap is a 1958 frenchitalian crime film directed by jean delannoy and starring jean gabin, annie girardot and olivier hussenot. This film was made exactly one year prior to that and well into the widescreen era even in. Inspector maigret le commissaire divisionnaire jules maigret. Inspector maigret is traveling to the french countryside to visit his friend, the duchess of saintfiacre.
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