Maigret and his greatest case
| Movie | |
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| German title | Maigret and his greatest case |
| Original title | Maigret and his greatest case / Il caso difficile del commissario Maigret / Maigret fait mouche |
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| Country of production | Austria , Italy , France , Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | Austria 88, Federal Republic of Germany 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK from 6 |
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| Director | Alfred Weidenmann |
| script | Herbert Reinecker |
| production | Intercontinental Filmproduktion ( Karl Spiehs ), Terra Film, Carmina Films, Constantin Film |
| music | Erwin Halletz |
| camera | Heinz Hölscher |
| cut | Gretl Girinec |
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Maigret and his greatest case is a crime film that was shot in Austria and Switzerland in 1966 under the direction of Alfred Weidenmann . Heinz Rühmann played the title role of Detective Maigret . The color film is based freely on Maigret and the Spy by Georges Simenon .
action
A security guard at the museum dies when a painting by Vincent van Gogh is stolen. When Commissioner Maigret takes over the investigation, an art collector named Holoway appears, to whom the painting was allegedly offered. Now he fears for his life and asks for police protection, which Maigret is happy to grant in order to simultaneously inconspicuously shadow the art collector, whom he distrusts.
Maigret follows Holoway to Lausanne , where the art collector is murdered. To the confusion, the inspector puts Holoway's body unnoticed in a box in the park. Maigret finds the stolen painting in a bar called Moulin Bleu . And he tracks down two young boys who are in need of money because they want to impress an animator. In the end, Maigret exposes both the painting thief and the art collector's murderer.
History of origin
occupation
British actor Rupert Davies was originally intended to play the role of Commissioner Maigret . Davies had previously played the commissioner in a television series with a total of 52 episodes for the BBC . However, he canceled his participation when he learned that it was not crime specialist Jürgen Roland , as planned , but Alfred Weidenmann who should take over the direction. In addition, he did not like the adaptations of the script, which greatly changed the template Maigret and the spy by Georges Simenon, so that in the end there was no spy at all. Instead, a strange role was built in for Eddi Arent at the inspector's side. There was a dispute between the production company and Davies over the contracts. In the end, the film producer Karl Spiehs presented Heinz Rühmann as the new Maigret. Spiehs had already worked with Rühmann in Das Liebeskarussell and was able to persuade him to take on the role within a day.
Rühmann's embodiment of the character Maigret is controversial. Simenon himself found "that he is an excellent actor." Oliver Hahn, on the other hand, described the cast as an "industrial accident in film history". According to Spiegel , the large and corpulent Maigret of the original had become a "Maigretchen". According to Knut Hickethier , the audience's firmly established ideas of actor Rühmann and Rupert Davies' impersonation of Inspector Maigret could not be reconciled. Rühmann did not succeed in enforcing his interpretation against Davies' submission.
production
The outdoor shots were shot in Lausanne , where the film takes place over long distances. You can see the old town there, the seaside resort as well as the port facility in Ouchy and the Lausanne – Ouchy cog railway . The studio recordings were made in the studios of Wien-Film in Vienna - Sievering . The film construction came from Herta Hareiter , the costumes from Lambert Hofer . Production manager was Heinz Pollak .
publication
The cinema premiere was in the Federal Republic of Germany on November 24, 1966 and in the GDR on August 25, 1967. The television premieres followed five years later on April 15, 1971 on ARD and on August 12, 1972 on German television .
Reviews
Der Spiegel described: “The trench coat is ironed, the jacket fits properly. Maigret [...] has become German. "Director Weidenmann changed the realism of the original" into picturesque and sophisticated. The big case is rather small. "
The lexicon of international film judged: “A pleasant film adaptation of a novel by Georges Simenon. Friends of the actor [Heinz Rühmann] are entertained acceptably despite the moderate tension. "
The Protestant film observer drew the following conclusion: “Well-made crime thriller [...] in which Heinz Rühmann, as Commissioner Maigret, tries to compete with his many predecessors. A little more action and atmosphere wouldn't have hurt. Well worth seeing for fans of intellectual sports with a criminal element. "
Web links
- Maigret and his biggest case in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Maigret and his biggest case at filmportal.de
- Maigret and his biggest case on maigret.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Only money . In: Der Spiegel . No. 33 , 1966, pp. 79 ( online ).
- ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 85
- ↑ "Heinz Rühmann solves my biggest case" . In Das Neue Blatt of April 10, 1971. ( Reprint on maigret.de).
- ↑ Oliver Hahn: Film noise about Commissioner Maigret . In: Georges-Simenon-Gesellschaft (ed.): Simenon-Jahrbuch 2004. Wehrhahn, Laatzen 2005, ISBN 3-86525-102-1 , p. 99.
- ↑ a b fool at the bar . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 1966, pp. 157 ( online ).
- ↑ Knut Hickethier : The contested normality. Detective inspectors from German television series and their actors . In: Karl Ermert, Wolfgang Gast (ed.): The new German crime novel. Contributions to the presentation, interpretation and criticism of a popular genre (Loccumer Colloquia 5). Evangelical Academy Loccum , Rehburg-Loccum 1985, p. 196.
- ↑ Maigret and his greatest case in the lexicon of international film .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 451/1966