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Maigret was reputed to be based on Marcel Guillaume, an actual French detective although Simenon himself variously claimed not to remember the inspiration or that Maigret was influenced by Simenon's own father.
Sep 12, 2022 · The Mysterious Case of Inspector Maigret. Georges Simenon was a high-living libertine; his greatest creation was a man of moral restraint. Yet the writer’s excesses are a clue to his detective’s...
No great figure in detective fiction has ever come wholly from his creator’s imagination, of course, and Maigret is no exception to the rule. According to one popular tale, his prototype is supposed to have been an actual French detective, Marcel Guillaume, who died in 1963 at the age of 91.
Feb 8, 2018 · The watching experience might be a bit jarring, but for the true Maigret fan, it's better than nothing. Author Georges Simenon so loved his portrayal that he once sent Davies a novel inscribed to his “perfect Maigret”.
Simply titled Maigret, it’s based on 1954’s Maigret et la jeune morte or Maigret and the Dead Girl. Like many Maigret books, you could explain the plot in a sentence – here, a young girl’s body is found and Maigret has to unravel the secrets of upper-class figures with something to hide, while also uncovering the life of the victim.
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Jun 23, 2021 · The four feature-length TV movies starred Rowan Atkinson ( Mr Bean , Blackadder) as legendary French fictional detective Jules Maigret. However, Atkinson’s Maigret series was cancelled by ITV in 2018. The character was previously played by Harry Potter actor Michael Gambon for two seasons on ITV in the early ’90s.
Feb 22, 2022 · Aurore Clement is spot-on as an aristocratic widow who dotes on her son, Laurent (Pierre Moure) who is engaged to be married to Jeanine (Mélanie Bernier), a vivacious young actress several social...
