Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic Maigret investigates murders in his unurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. Against a backdrop of 1950s Paris and the surrounding French countryside, these original feature-length films pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century.
Maigret investigates the murder of a successful wine merchant – a man who routinely humiliated his employees and slept with their wives. As he gathers evidence, Maigret wonders if there was anyone who didn't want to kill the man.
A state sanatorium collapses, killing 128 children. When the construction of the building was being planned, an eminent public works specialist predicted the catastrophe. After the tragedy, the search is on for his report, but where is it?
Maigret follows a man who jumps off a train, only to end up in the hospital with a sprained ankle. The next day he discovers that a madman has been plaguing the town.
A schoolteacher feels like an outsider in his community, so he's the main suspect when the town's former post-mistress gets shot in her own home. Maigret takes on the case only after the teacher's son appeals to him directly in a letter.
A dead body at a new housing estate seems like it would be routine for Maigret, except that the victim's flaky young housekeeper seems to have a genius for getting his goat. She also refuses to lift a finger to help with the investigation.
An eminent man on the cusp of reuniting with a long-time love turns up dead, with no motives, no enemies, and no forced entry. To investigate, Inspector Maigret must make an excursion into the rarified world of the aristocracy.