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Enter Inspector Maigret (1966)

Enter Inspector Maigret poster
Original title
Maigret und sein größter Fall
Directed by
Alfred Weidenmann
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany, France, Austria, Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
6
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Inspector Maigret investigates a murder connected to a nightclub. The story follows his careful detective work to solve the crime.

methodicalmysteriousnoir-ishdeliberateatmosphericcoolinvestigativeunderstated

What happens

Maigret and His Greatest Case or Enter Inspector Maigret (German: Maigret und sein größter Fall) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Françoise Prévost and Günther Stoll. It was made as a co-production between Austria, France, Italy and West Germany. It is based on the 1931 novel Maigret at the Gai-Moulin featuring the fictional Sûreté detective Jules Maigret. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in Lausanne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hertha Hareiter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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