The New Adventures of Vidocq

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| genre = Crime

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| writer = Georges Neveux

| director = Marcel Bluwal

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| starring = Claude Brasseur
Danièle Lebrun

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| composer = Jacques Loussier

| country = France
West Germany

| language = French
German

| num_series = 2

| num_episodes = 13

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| runtime = 55 minutes

| company = Gaumont Television
Bavaria Film
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
Télécip

| channel = ORTF
ARD

| first_aired = {{Start date|1971|01|05|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1973|12|10|df=yes}}

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The New Adventures of Vidocq (French: Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq, German: Die Abenteuer des Monsieur Vidocq) is a historical crime television series which originally ran between 1971 and 1973.Anderson p.28 It was a co-production between France and West Germany, with shooting taking place partly at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The main character is based on the life of Eugène François Vidocq, an early nineteenth century criminal turned crime-fighter. A previous series Vidocq had been made in 1967.

Main cast

References

Bibliography

  • Malcolm Anderson. In Thrall to Political Change: Police and Gendarmerie in France. OUP, 2011.
  • Jean-Pierre Mattei. Napoléon & le cinéma: un siècle d'images. Editions Alain Piazzola, 1998.