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A Battle Of Nerves
''A Battle of Nerves'' (French: ''La Tête d'un homme'', also known as ''A Man's Head'') is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's "Maigret" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year. It was one of the most successful of the early titles and among the first Maigrets to be filmed. Plot summary Maigret had been investigating the murder of Mme. Henderson, a rich American woman, and her maid, at her house in Saint-Cloud. Despite the evidence against the main suspect, Joseph Heurtin, which earned him the death sentence, Maigret feels sure Heurtin is not the guilty party. Convinced Heurtin knows the real killer, he contrives to let the man escape, following him to see where he leads. Heurtin heads for a small inn on the Seine, the Citanguette, where he lies low. Meanwhile Maigret pursues another lead, a note written from the Hotel Coupole. At the hotel, he f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley Art Museum And Pacific Film Archive
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA, formerly abbreviated as BAM/PFA) are a combined art museum, repertory movie theater, and archive associated with the University of California, Berkeley. Lawrence Rinder was Director from 2008, succeeded by Julie Rodrigues Widholm in August, 2020. The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums program. Collection Art The University of California art collection began with ''Flight into Egypt'', a 16th-century oil on wood panel by the School of Joachim Patinir gifted to the university by San Francisco banker and financier François Louis Alfred Pioche in 1870. The museum was founded in 1963 after a donation was made to the university from artist and teacher Hans Hofmann of 45 paintings plus $250,000. A competition to design a building was announced in 1964, and the museum, designed by Mario Ciampi, opened in 1970. Founding Director Peter Selz, formerly of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, served fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Red Classics
''Penguin Red Classics'' is a series of novels published by Penguin Books in the UK. There are 39 books in the series. The books are from the Penguin Classics imprint, but do not contain any introductory material or commentary, instead focussing on the story. The books References {{reflist, refs= {{cite web , title = Published Reds , url = http://penguinclassics.com/reds/published.html , magazine = Penguin Classics , access-date = 6 June 2016 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090918134225/http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/static/cs/uk/10/minisites/penguinreds/published.html , archive-date = 18 September 2009 , url-status = dead {{cite web , title = Red Classics , url = http://penguinclassics.com/reds/ , magazine = Penguin Classics , access-date = 6 June 2016 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090919071821/http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/static/cs/uk/10/minisites/penguinreds/index.html , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Cremer
Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005. Origins Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. His mother, Jeanne Rullaert, a musician, was of Belgian Flemish origin and his father, Georges, was a businessman from Lille who, though born French, had taken out Belgian nationality after the French armed forces refused to accept him for service in the First World War. Bruno himself opted for French nationality when he reached the age of 18. His childhood was largely spent in Paris. Bruno attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Having completed his secondary studies, he followed an interest in acting which had interested him since the age of 12 and trained in acting from 1952 at France's highly selective ''Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique'' (English: ''French National Academy of Dramatic Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret (1991 TV Series)
''Maigret'' is a 1991 international television serial based on Georges Simenon's books. Detective Jules Maigret was played by Bruno Cremer. Only actor Jean Richard has portrayed Maigret more than Bruno Cremer. Cast Main *Bruno Cremer as Detective Jules Maigret Recurring *Anne Bellec as Madame Maigret (seasons 1-5) * Jean-Claude Frissung and Jean O'Cottrell as Detective Janvier (seasons 1-11) * Philippe Pollet as Detective LaPointe (seasons 1-2) *Claude Faraldo as Palmari (seasons 2-3) *François-Régis Marchasson and Philippe Lejour as Judge Coméliau (seasons 2-3) *Jean-Pierre Gos as Detective Lucas (seasons 2-4) *Erick Desmarestz as Judge Benneau (seasons 2-5) *Michel Dussin, Bernard Papineau and Jean-Claude Calon as Doctor Paul (seasons 2-13) * Éric Prat as Detective Torrence (seasons 3-5) *Alexandre Brasseur as Inspector Paul Lachenal (seasons 9-11) *Fabien Béhar as Inspector Luciani (seasons 9-10) *Laurent Schilling and Olivier Darimont as Inspector Lambert (seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Richard (actor)
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's ''Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...'' in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Filmography *1947: ''Six heures à perdre'' (directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte) – Le sergent de ville *1949: ''Mission à Tanger'' (directed by André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Samoilov (actor)
Vladimir Yakovlevich Samoilov (russian: Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Само́йлов; 1924–1999) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Winner of the Stanislavsky State Prize (1972), and two USSR State Prizes (1976, 1986). Selected filmography * 1959 — '' Unrequited Duty'' as Zhgutov * 1960 — '' A Man with a Future'' as Professor Preobrazhensky * 1964 — '' Believe Me, People'' as Anokhin * 1967 — ''Wedding in Malinovka'' as Nazar Duma, Red squadron commander * 1968 — ''Liberation'' as Divisional Commander Gromov * 1971 — '' Shadows at Noon'' as Arkady Arsentevich Klychkov, manufacturer and gold mines * 1972 — ''Investigation Held by ZnaToKi: Dinosaur'' as Sergei Mikheyev, a counterfeiter * 1973 — '' Stepmom'' as Viktor Vikentievich * 1974 — ''Earthly Love'' as Anisimov * 1974 — '' Sokolovo'' as Lieutenant general * 1975 — ''Bonus'' as Batarcev * 1976 — ''The Days of the Turbins'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Teulings
Johannes Marinus Antonius (Jan) Teulings (29 May 1905 – 22 September 1989) was a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1936 to 1987. Filmography References External links * 1905 births 1989 deaths Dutch film directors Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors People from Hilversum {{Netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Inchieste Del Commissario Maigret
''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'' (i.e. "The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret") is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the French police ''commissaire'' Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, directed by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI. Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last '' season '' (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers. Episodes (with dates of first broadcast on Rai Uno) Series 1 # ''Un'ombra su Maigret'', Novel, (broadcast in three episodes, December 27, 1964, and 1–3 January 1965) # ''L'affare Picpus'', Novel, (10, 15 and 17 January 1965) # ''Un Natale di Maigret'', Novel, (10 January 1965) # ''Una vita in gioco'' (A Battle of Nerves), Novel (7, 12 and 14 February 1965) Series 2 # ''Non si uccidono i poveri diavoli'', Novel (20–27 February 1965) # ''L'ombra cinese'', Novel (le 6, 13, 20 et 27 March 1966) # ''La vecc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'' (1964-1972). Life and career Cervi was born in Bologna as Luigi Cervi. His father was Antonio Cervi, a theatre critic for ''Il Resto del Carlino''. His family held close ties to the town of Casalbuttano ed Uniti, where the elder Cervi would eventually be buried after his death. He was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi ("Peppone"), the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great understanding and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in ''Don Camillo'' movies. He was an accomplished stage actor, particularly known for his interpretations of Shakespeare, and co-founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ''Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Military service Davies was born in Liverpool. After service in the British Merchant Navy he was a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. In 1940, the Swordfish aircraft in which he was flying ditched in the sea off the Dutch coast, following which he was captured and interned in the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp. He made three attempts to escape, all of which failed. During his captivity he began to take part in theatre performances, entertaining his fellow prisoners. Acting On his release Davies resumed his career in acting almost immediately, starring in an ex-prisoner of war show, ''Back Home'', which was hosted at the Stoll Theatre, London. In 1959, he played the role of the Colonel in Alun Owen's ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret (1960 TV Series)
''Maigret'' is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role. Unlike most BBC series produced in the 1960s, all episodes (bar the pilot) have survived intact, and are available as a complete set on DVD and blu-ray. In 2022 the series was broadcast by UK television channel Talking Pictures TV. Cast The series starred Rupert Davies as the Police Judiciaire detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue. The main cast were:- * Ewen Solon as Lucas * Neville Jason as Lapointe * Victor Lucas as Torrence * Helen Shingler as Madame Maigret Episodes included such well-known faces as Stratford Johns, Leon Cortez, Terence Alexander, Roger Delgado, William Franklyn, Michael Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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