Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

Synopsis

Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, this series follows the adventures of this former convict turned policeman in the early 19th century. In these new adventures, Vidocq comes up against a ravishing “baronne”, a formidable gang leader. The cases entrusted to Vidocq are not only police affairs, but also delicate, political and even diplomatic affairs.

First Air Date: 1971-01-05

Last Air Date: 1973-12-10

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 13

Created By: Georges Neveux, Marcel Bluwal

Networks: ORTF Télévision

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Top Cast

Claude Brasseur as François Vidocq
Danièle Lebrun as la baronne Roxane de Saint-Gély
Marc Dudicourt as l'inspecteur Flambart
Jacques Seiler as Louis Desfossés
Pierre Pernet as l'acrobate
Alain MacMoy as le marquis de Modène
Walter Buschhoff as le docteur
Robert Party as Fouché
Philippe Gaulier as l'aveugle
Roland Bertin as l'alchimiste

Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

Appointed head of the new Paris police force, Vidocq has to deal with the “chauffeurs du Nord”, a gang of farm robbers, royalist murders and riots in Toulon. But his main threat is the Baroness, who heads up the “Knights of the Night” organization, which is multiplying its plots against him.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Iron Crate (1971-01-05)

Vidocq, to everyone's surprise, has become head of the Sûreté Nationale. One of his former chain-mates, Desfossé, is compromised in a murder case.
Ep. 2: The Three Vidocq Crimes (1971-01-12)

Vidocq is accused of murdering two men who had denounced him to the police for blackmailing them. Arrested and imprisoned, he manages to escape and discovers a plot hatched by the Baroness de Saint-Gély: the criminal has hired a fake Vidocq to arrest some very wealthy thugs.
Ep. 3: The Knights of the Night (1971-01-19)

Vidocq is tasked with finding the Empress's pink necklace (inherited from François I) before the reception at which the Empress is to wear it.
Ep. 4: The Chauffeurs du Nord (1971-02-16)

Vidocq is tasked with arresting a gang of looters operating in northern France. These criminals attack isolated farms, forcing peasants to confess where their savings are hidden by burning their feet.
Ep. 5: Failure for Vidocq (1971-02-23)

At the dawn of the Restoration, Mr. Henry, eager to protect Vidocq, sends him to Brittany to investigate the mysterious disappearance of emigrants who have returned to France clandestinely.
Ep. 6: Bankers of crime (1971-03-02)

In the run-up to the Hundred Days, Vidocq investigates strange events at the Toulon penal colony.