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Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.8
Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

Released

1/5/1971

Duration

0h 55m

Genre

Crime

Country

France

Cast

Claude Brasseur, Danièle Lebrun, Marc Dudicourt

Overview

Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, this series follows the adventures of this former convict turned policeman in the early 19th century. In these new adventures, Vidocq comes up against a ravishing “baronne”, a formidable gang leader. The cases entrusted to Vidocq are not only police affairs, but also delicate, political and even diplomatic affairs.

Episodes

The Iron CrateEP 1Available

The Iron Crate

55m8.0

Vidocq, to everyone's surprise, has become head of the Sûreté Nationale. One of his former chain-mates, Desfossé, is compromised in a murder case.

The Three Vidocq CrimesEP 2Available

The Three Vidocq Crimes

55m8.0

Vidocq is accused of murdering two men who had denounced him to the police for blackmailing them. Arrested and imprisoned, he manages to escape and discovers a plot hatched by the Baroness de Saint-Gély: the criminal has hired a fake Vidocq to arrest some very wealthy thugs.

The Knights of the NightEP 3Available

The Knights of the Night

55m8.0

Vidocq is tasked with finding the Empress's pink necklace (inherited from François I) before the reception at which the Empress is to wear it.

The Chauffeurs du NordEP 4Available

The Chauffeurs du Nord

55m8.0

Vidocq is tasked with arresting a gang of looters operating in northern France. These criminals attack isolated farms, forcing peasants to confess where their savings are hidden by burning their feet.

Failure for VidocqEP 5Available

Failure for Vidocq

55m8.0

At the dawn of the Restoration, Mr. Henry, eager to protect Vidocq, sends him to Brittany to investigate the mysterious disappearance of emigrants who have returned to France clandestinely.

Bankers of crimeEP 6Available

Bankers of crime

55m8.0

In the run-up to the Hundred Days, Vidocq investigates strange events at the Toulon penal colony.

Cast

Claude Brasseur

François Vidocq

Claude Brasseur

Danièle Lebrun

la baronne Roxane de Saint-Gély

Danièle Lebrun

Marc Dudicourt

l'inspecteur Flambart

Marc Dudicourt

Jacques Seiler

Louis Desfossés

Jacques Seiler

Pierre Pernet

l'acrobate

Pierre Pernet

Alain MacMoy

le marquis de Modène

Alain MacMoy

Walter Buschhoff

le docteur

Walter Buschhoff

Robert Party

Fouché

Robert Party

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