Eugène-François Vidocq

Eugène-François Vidocq

Nascimento : 1775-07-24, Arras, France

Morte : 1857-05-11

História

Was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe and Honoré de Balzac. The former criminal became the founder and first director of the crime-detection Sûreté nationale as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of modern criminology and of the French police department. He is also regarded as the first private detective.

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Eugène-François Vidocq

Filmes

O Imperador de Paris
In Memory Of
Sob o reinado de Napoleão, François Vidocq, o único homem que escapou da maior colônia penal do país, é uma lenda do fundo parisiense. Deixado para morrer depois de sua última fuga espetacular, o ex-prisioneiro da colônia penal tenta fazê-lo esquecer sob as características de um único operador.
Vidocq: Le Masque et la Plume
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Vidocq - O Mito
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Paris, 1830. Às vésperas de uma segunda revolução, a capital está em rebuliço e o barulho da revolta só cresce. Carlos X acaba de abdicar. Vidocq (Gérard Depardieu), o chefe da segurança nacional, persegue uma estranha criatura conhecida como O Alquimista ­ a qual, supõe-se, é responsável por uma série de crimes e raptos. Quando finalmente encontra o inimigo Vidocq é vencido e, horrorizado ao descobrir o verdadeiro rosto do Alquimista, joga-se num poço em chamas. Etienne (Guillaume Canet), um jornalista que pretendia escrever um livro sobre Vidocq, passa então a seguir os últimos passos de seu personagem e acaba tendo surpreendentes revelações em sua viagem ao submundo de Paris.
A Scandal in Paris
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A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
Vidocq
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A film based upon the life of Vidocq, the famous adventurer, who, after numerous prison escapes ceased being a crook, a thief and a counterfeiter, and was employed by Pasquier’s government’istry as director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale.
Vidocq
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François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence service and begins a fight against the Aristo, chief of the gang of the children of the sun. After a few years, he dismantles the gang, and finds both his sons. One has become a blackguard, the other a famous organist who is about to be knighted and will soon get married to his beloved.
L'Évasion de Vidocq
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La jeunesse de Vidocq ou Comment on devient policier
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