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Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno ˈtʃɛrvi]), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character Don Camillo (1952–1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series Le inchieste del ...
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Actor: The Little World of Don Camillo. The son of Italian theatre critic Antonio Cervi, Gino Cervi was one of the most famous Italian actors, first on stage, then on screen and finally on television. He appeared in his first play in 1924, a year after his father's death.
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'The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret') is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the French police commissaire Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, directed by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI.
- Detective Fiction
- Character
- List of Novels
- In Other Media
- Further Reading
- External Links
Creation
The character of Maigret was invented by Simenon while drinking in a cafe and imagining a Parisian policeman: "a large powerfully built gentleman...a pipe, a bowler hat, a thick overcoat." Maigret was reputed to be based on Marcel Guillaume, an actual French detectivealthough Simenon himself variously claimed not to remember the inspiration or that Maigret was influenced by Simenon's own father. Biographers Thomas Narcejac and Fenton Bresler both see Simenon himself in his creation.
Description
Maigret is described as a large, broad-shouldered man; he is gruff but patient and fair. Recurring characters in the series include Maigret's wife Louise (usually referred to simply as Madame Maigret) and in particular "The Faithful Four", a group consisting of his four loyal police colleagues (Sgt./Inspector Lucas, Janvier, Lapointe, and Torrence).Other prominent characters include police surgeon Dr. Paul, Judge Coméliau, the Examining Magistrate who alternates between being a help and a hin...
Characteristics
Maigret wears a thick black overcoat, a bowler hat (which he later swaps out for a fedora) and frequently smokes a tobacco pipe.He is described as tall and heavy, with broad shoulders, large hands, a thick face, thick hair, thick eyebrows and bright eyes of a "greenish gray" colour. He has strongly growing facial hair and therefore shaves every morning. In his investigations, Maigret's method is to put himself in another person's place in order to discover why the crime was committed, rather...
List of Maigret novels with date of French-language publication as well as the Penguin reissue dates and titles.
Audiobooks
Following the Penguin reissue of the 75 novels, actor Gareth Armstrong started recording each for Audible. recordings took one day per book. By September 2015 he had recorded 25 of them. He has since completed all 75 recordings.
Theatre
A production called Maigret and the Lady by Philip Mackie toured in England and Scotland in 1965, before playing at the Strand Theatre in London in October 1965. Madame Maigret was played by Charmian Eyre, and Maigret was Rupert Davies.
Film
The cinematic potential of Maigret was realized quickly: the first screen Maigret was Pierre Renoir in 1932's Night at the Crossroads, directed by his brother Jean Renoir; the same year brought The Yellow Dog with Abel Tarride, and Harry Baur played him in 1933's A Man's Neck, directed by Julien Duvivier. In 1950, Charles Laughton played the first English-language Maigret in The Man on the Eiffel Tower, adapted from the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves. The film co-starred Franchot Tone, Burgess...
Bingemer, Stephan. "Holidays with Inspector Maigret: Mixed Reality Adventures as Value Drivers in Future Tourism." in Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism(2021).Chartrand, Tanya L., and John A. Bargh. "The chameleon effect: the perception–behaviour link and social interaction." ;;Journal of personality and social psychology76.6 (1999): 893+ online.Wenger, Murielle, and Stephen Trussel. Maigret's World: A Reader's Companion to Simenon's Famous Detective(McFarland, 2017).Titles matching "Maigret" on IMDbGino Cervi. Actor: The Little World of Don Camillo. The son of Italian theatre critic Antonio Cervi, Gino Cervi was one of the most famous Italian actors, first on stage, then on screen and finally on television. He appeared in his first play in 1924, a year after his father's death.
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Maigret meets Nicole while he is investigating on a counterfeit money traffic. Nicole pretends she is in need of help while actually she is laying a snare: she charges Maigret with trying of seducing her. Nobody says the truth because Nicole is the daughter of a very important political man.
