Maigret - Set 7

Set 7, covering episodes 37-42, of the French television Maigret series featuring Bruno Cremer is among the very best of the entire ouevre. As we have come to expect, Cremer's acting as the fictional Commissaire of the Paris Police Judiciare is superb. Just as important, the varied cast of directors has produced highly nuanced and visually attractive episodes. At least three stories in this set (Maigret and the Minister, Maigret Goes to School, and Felicie's House) also feature in the BBC Maigret series with Michael Gambon, a bonus for aficionados interested in comparing treatments of the stories.As with other sets in this Maigret series, this one is pleasingly diverse. Several episodes set in Paris involve Maigret's team of Quai des Orfevres investigators, while those set in towns far from the capital rely essentially on the work of Maigret alone. These away-from-Paris episodes, such as Maigret and the Madman of St. Clothilde, highlight the patient, slow-to-come-to-judgment, and psychologically insightful style of the Commissaire. Maigret and the Princess is also notable for it focuses on the lives and interactions of just two significant characters, an elderly pair of star-crossed lovers. Its elegiac tone and elegant pace make this episode a most atypical police procedural.

Bruno Cremer gives the finest and most believable portrayal of Jules Maigret; I believe it is possibly the closest to the intent of Simenon in his novels. Maigret is an unconventional Chief Superintendent, with authority that extends throughout France, and his detective work takes him throughout that country, populated with vivid and believable characters. The plots frequently take turns that are unexpected (both to the viewers and to Maigret himself), no two of the episodes are alike, and the work of the directors and writers is essentially free of the "glitches" that sometimes occur as a result of last-minute editing. I think that Maigret is the outstanding model for the investigative police officer and that Bruno Cremer is a gem among the actors who have portrayed him. These DVDs are expensive but definitely worth the money. By the way, they are set in France shortly after the end of World War II, and the backgrounds are 100% coherent with the settings.

Yes, I love the Maigret stories.George Simenon wrote so well.Love the books also.And Bruno Cremer is the No.1 actor for the part.I wish we could have the option turn off the sub-titlesAlso, I will watch them more than once.Thanks, for the effiicent service through the purchasing process.RDW

Somehow or other each successive series of Maigret gets better. I have loved all of the 1-6 series but the stories in this series are the best. Have purchased series 8 and can't wait to watch it. Hopefully the last series 9 will be available in the near future.

This series with Bruno Cremer meets all expectations. Fascinating story lines and interesting old French countryside or Paris settings.

This is my favorite detective series. Great stories, characters and locations. I am always taken away to another time and place.

We enjoy Magrait great mysteries and will order more dvd's in the future.

I am adjusting to the French Detective Show.

Encore 1 série avec Bruno Crémer, saison bien interprétée par lui et bien des acteurs connus de second rôle vus à la Télé.Hélas ce sera la fin car Crémer a cessé de jouer vu son cancer de la gorge qui l'affaiblissait...quel dommage car pour moi, c'est le Meilleur Maigret !

Cremer aura été un interprète du rôle de Maigret tout-à-fait convenable et fidèle à l'esprit de Simenon. Ces 7 dernières enquêtes sont tout aussi intéressantes que les 6x8 autres des volumes antérieurs. La dernière, l'Etoile du Nord, est émouvante car les ennuis de santé de Bruno Cremer ont fait qu'il a fallu doubler sa voix.

Tout simplement j’adore le commissaire Maigret ainsi que tous ses collaborateurs . J’adore l’ambiance le mis en scène les personnages en fait j’aime tout.

L'imagination s'essouffle et les enquêtes sont fastidieuses, les interrogatoires longs, on croirait regarder "L'homme du Picardie" tournés principalement entre quatre murs ! Il manque aussi l'inspecteur LACHENAL (Alexandre BRASSEUR) qui forme un duo détonnant avec CREMER qui a vieilli dans cet opus . Le seul qui sort du lot, c'est la dernière enquête (l'étoile du nord) qui est dans l'esprit des volumes précédents .

Tout est parfait.