Maigret - Complete Series - 4-DVD Box Set

Maigret - Complete Series - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
620 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Uncut
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
James Cellan Jones
John Glenister

Written By:
Georges Simenon
William Humble

Actors:
Michael Gambon ..... Chief Inspector Maigret / ... (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Geoffrey Hutchings ..... Sgt. Lucas (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Jack Galloway ..... Inspector Janvier / ... (11 episodes, 1992-1993)
James Larkin ..... Inspector LaPointe / ... (10 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Moffatt ..... Comeliau / ... (5 episodes, 1992-1993)
Ciaran Madden ..... Mme Maigret / ... (4 episodes, 1992)
Barbara Flynn ..... Madame Maigret (3 episodes, 1993)
Sándor Kóróspataky ..... Albert / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Sándor Téri ..... Piquemal / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Sándor Szabó ..... Foreman of Print Shop / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Ferenc Némethy ..... Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Christian Rodska ..... Moers (2 episodes, 1992)
Ági Margitai ..... Louise / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Flóra Kádár ..... Flower Seller / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Kati Marton ..... Distraught Mother / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1993)

Synopsis:

Based on the mystery novels of Georges Simenon. One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with 'why' than 'who,' Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths. Michael Gambon brings the timeless, tantalizing exploits of George Simenon's legendary detective to life in twelve episodes of mystery and intrigue. From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.

Season 1
The Patience of Maigret
S1, Ep1 Feb. 9, 1992
Maigret's sneaking affection for a paralyzed criminal Manuel Palmari propels him to pursue his murderer despite the mastermind's involvement in a current jewel robbery.

Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
S1, Ep2 Feb. 16, 1992
Maigret is visited by Ernestine, the wife of a burglar known as 'Sad Freddie'. Whilst breaking into a house he discovered a body and is so alarmed he has fled the country. The trail leads Maigret to a dentist who lives with his domineering elderly mother. His wife has gone missing but Maigret needs to find a body if he is to provide a link.

Maigret Goes to School
S1, Ep3 Feb. 23, 1992
Maigret is called to investigate a murder in a small village near to La Rochelle, the victim being old Jeanne, shot through her window. She was the local post mistress with access to everyone's mail and knew everyone's secrets. The main suspect is a married school-teacher but the local doctor explains to Maigret that this is chiefly because he has come from Paris and the village resents in-comers. A chat with two school-boys puts Maigret in the right direction.

Maigret and the Mad Woman
S1, Ep4 Mar. 1, 1992
Maigret is dismissive when a seemingly paranoid elderly woman complains of being followed but later regrets his inaction when she is murdered.

Maigret on Home Ground
S1, Ep5 Mar. 8, 1992
An anonymous note announces that a crime will be committed during mass at the church in Maigret's provincial home town.

Maigret Sets a Trap
S1, Ep6 Mar. 15, 1992
A serial killer is murdering young women in Paris. Maigret sets a trap using a policewoman as a decoy in the murder location. The killer attacks her but when the police come he runs away, leaving a sartorial clue which links to Marcel Moncin, a married mother's boy. Maigret arrests Moncin but whilst he is in custody there is another killing. Has Maigret got the wrong man or does Moncin have an accomplice?

Season 2
Maigret and the Night Club Dancer
S2, Ep1 Mar. 14, 1993
After a beautiful but alcoholic stripper reports overhearing a murder plot in the club where she works, she recants and is murdered shortly thereafter.

Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
S2, Ep2 Mar. 21, 1993
Maigret wonders why the wife of a rich American strangled in the kitchen locker of a posh hotel would be carrying a gun in her purse.

Maigret on the Defensive
S2, Ep3 Mar. 28, 1993
When a young woman in distress calls Maigret in the middle of the night begging for help, the detective's chivalry is rewarded with a false charge of attempted rape.

Maigret's Boyhood Friend
S2, Ep4 Apr. 4, 1993
Leon Florentin, an old school acquaintance of Maigret, asks the detective for help when his mistress is found shot to death.

Maigret and the Minister
S2, Ep5 Apr. 11, 1993
After the collapse of a children's sanatorium kills 62, Maigret unofficially investigates the theft of engineer's report which had correctly predicted the disaster.

Maigret and the Maid
S2, Ep6 Apr. 18, 1993
When a provincial middle-aged retiree is found shot to death in his bedroom, his relationship with his irascible young maid comes under Maigret's scrutiny.

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