The New Adventures of Vidocq (French: Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq, German: Die Abenteuer des Monsieur Vidocq) is a historical crime television series which originally ran between 1971 and 1973.[1] It was a co-production between France and West Germany, with shooting taking place partly at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The main character is based on the life of Eugène François Vidocq, an early nineteenth century criminal turned crime-fighter. A previous series Vidocq had been made in 1967.
| The New Adventures of Vidocq | |
|---|---|
 German DVD cover | |
| Genre | Crime |
| Written by | Georges Neveux |
| Directed by | Marcel Bluwal |
| Starring | Claude Brasseur Danièle Lebrun |
| Composer | Jacques Loussier |
| Country of origin | France West Germany |
| Original languages | French German |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production companies | Gaumont Television Bavaria Film Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française Télécip |
| Original release | |
| Network | ORTF ARD |
| Release | 5 January 1971 – 10 December 1973 |
Main cast
edit- Claude Brasseur as François Vidocq
- Danièle Lebrun as Baronne de Saint-Gely
- Marc Dudicourt as Flambart
- Jacques Seiler as Desfossé
- Pierre Pernet as L'acrobate
- Alain MacMoy as Le marquis de Modène
- Walter Buschhoff as Le docteur
- Robert Party as Fouché
References
edit- ^ Anderson p.28
Bibliography
edit- Malcolm Anderson. In Thrall to Political Change: Police and Gendarmerie in France. OUP, 2011.
- Jean-Pierre Mattei. Napoléon & le cinéma: un siècle d'images. Editions Alain Piazzola, 1998.