History Literature / Maigret

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* ''Night at the Crossroads'' (1932, France, directed by Creator/JeanRenoir), starring Pierre Renoir (Jean's brother).
* ''The Yellow Dog'' (1932, France), starring Abel Tarride.
* The French film trilogy starring Albert Préjean:
** ''Signed, Picpus'' (1942)
** ''Cecile is Dead'' (1943)
** ''The Cellars of the Majestic'' (1944)
* ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'' (1949, USA), starring Creator/CharlesLaughton.
* The French film trilogy starring Creator/JeanGabin:
** ''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (1958)
** ''Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Case'' (1959)
** ''Maigret Sees Red'' (1963)
* ''Maigret und sein größter Fall'' (1966, West Germany), starring Heinz Rühmann.
* ''Maigret in Pigalle'' (1966, Italy), starring Creator/GinoCervi.
* ''Maigret'' (1988 TV film, UK), starring Creator/RichardHarris.
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* ''Film/{{Maigret|2022}}'' (2022, France-Belgium), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.
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* ''Maigret'' (1959-1963 series, UK), starring Rupert Davies.
* ''The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret'' (1964-1972 series, Italy), starring Creator/GinoCervi.
* ''The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret'' (1967-1990 series, France), starring Jean Richard. The actor who has played the role the most.
* ''Maigret'' (1991-2005 series, France), starring Creator/BrunoCremer. Second actor to have played the role the most, often considered as the definitive portrayal.
* ''Maigret'' (1992-1993 series, UK), starring Creator/MichaelGambon.
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* ''Series/{{Maigret|2016}}'' (2016-2018 series, UK), starring Creator/RowanAtkinson.
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The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 75 novels, 28 novellas and a number of short stories from 1931 to 1972, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases. As being part of the police implies, he's not a PrivateDetective, but his methods and results easily rival the genre's biggest names.

The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 81 novels, 28 novellas and a number of short stories from 1931 to 1972, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases. As being part of the police implies, he's not a PrivateDetective, but his methods and results easily rival the genre's biggest names.

* {{Sidekick}}: Maigret has a quartet of loyal colleagues, known as his "faithful four": [[Main/NumberTwo right-hand man]] Lucas, [[Main/FamilyMan devoted family man]] Janvier, the youthful Lapointe and the imposing Torrence.

* AdaptedOut: Most adaptations usually omit at least one of Maigret's "Faithful Four", usually Torrence. Sometimes they are present, but are Main/DemotedToExtra, or become Main/HeWhoMustNotBeSeen.

* AdaptedOut: Most adaptations usually omit at least one of Maigret's "Faithful Four", usually Torrence. Sometimes they are present, but are Main/DemotedToExtra or rendered as Main/HeWhoMustNotBeSeen.

* {{Sidekick}}: Maigret has a quartet of loyal colleagues, known as his "faithful four": Lucas (his primary aide), Janvier, Lapointe and Torrence.

* TheTeam: Maigret's "Faithful Four": Sgt. Lucus and Inspectors Janvier, Lapointe and Torrence.

* Prequel: The 1948 novel ''La Première enquête de Maigret'' (''Maigret's First Case'') is set in 1913.

* NiceHat: Maigret often wears a hat. In the first stories he wore a [[DashinglyDapperDerby bowler]], but then fashion changed, and he traded it for fedoras, and most adaptations followed suit.

Maigret has been adapted for radio, film and television numerous times since TheThirties in France and abroad including Italy, Britain and even Japan.

* ''Film/{{Maigret|2022}}'' (2022, France), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.

* ''Maigret'' (2022, France), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.
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UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}ian [[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif police commissioner]] Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous literary character, and a prime contender for the title of most famous fictional French [[GreatDetective detective]] (the author was Belgian, however).

* ''Maigret and the Dead Girl'' (2022, France), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.

The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 81 novels, 28 novellas and a number of short stories from 1931 to 1972, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases. As being part of the police implies, he's not a PrivateDetective, but his methods easily rival the genre's biggest names.

* ''Maigret and the Dead Girl'' (2021, France), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.

* SettingUpdate: The book series stretched from [[TheThirties 1930s]] to the early [[TheSeventies 1970s]], and Simenon made sure fashion and technology evolved accordingly. The preferred setting in most adaptations meanwhile is clearly the [[TheFifties 1950s]]. Particularly prominent in the Creator/BrunoCremer and Creator/RowanAtkinson series, which change the setting of early Maigret stories from the 1930s to the 1950s.

* TruerToTheText: The Bruno Cremer series was praised for sticking the closest to the character, whereas the Jean Richard version often deviated significantly.

* SerialKillerBaiting: In "Maigret Sets A Trap" a serial killer is menacing Paris. Maigret announces that he already caught the culprit and lets several female officers pose as bait to lure the killer out. The whole operation is considered highly risky and born out of desperation. After an officer survives an encounter with the killer, the killer leaves behind key evidence that leads Maigret to him. The story has been adapted to screen multiple times, including as the first episode of ''Series/{{Maigret|2016}}''.