Season 3 | Episode 3: The Liars

Inspector Maigret

Mystery/Classics, United Kingdom 1962

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In a small coastal village in Normandy, the old postmistress Léonie is murdered. The villagers and some students accuse the new teacher Gastin of the crime. who was blackmailed by the woman. Inspector Jules Maigret makes some surprising discoveries during his investigation. It was directed by the Austrian Rudolf Katscher (1904-1994) under his pseudonym Rudolph Cartier. The filmmaker and screenwriter emigrated to London in 1935 and worked for the BBC from 1952, but also repeatedly for German and Austrian television. As a screenwriter he was responsible for the German cinema thrillers Der Zinker (1931) and Der Rächer (1960), both based on Edgar Wallace. For German-language TV he directed, for example, the exciting thrillers Alibi for James (1966) and Gaslicht (1956). Based on the 44th Maigret novel Maigret à l'école (1953), which the weekly magazine Le Mouistique first published in six parts between 14 February 1954 and 21 March 1954. The German book title is Maigret und die schrecklichen Kinder.
44 min
SD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German

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Director:

Rudolph Cartier

Writer:

Giles Cooper

Template:

Georges Simenon (Crime Novels)

Composer:

Ron Grainer

Producer:

Andrew Osborn

Cast:

Rupert Davies (Chief Inspector Maigret)

Ewen Solon (Sergeant Lucas)

Helen Shingler (Madame Maigret)

Neville Jason (Lapointe)

Original language:

English

Further titles:

Maigret

Комиссар Мегрэ

Format:

4:3 SD, B/W

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German