Culture
Film Noir: A Man's Head
Oct13
Tuesday, October 13, 202617:30 – 19:30About the event
A Man’s Head ( La Tête d’un homme ) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier.
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Stars: Harry Baur as Inspector Maigret, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Gina Manès
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Based on: Georges Simenon’s novel La Tête d’un homme
Plot
A wealthy old woman is murdered, and evidence is deliberately arranged to implicate Joseph Heurtin, a mentally limited deliveryman. Maigret suspects that the obvious culprit has been framed and begins investigating the real motive behind the crime.
It is an important early Maigret film and one of the first screen adaptations of Simenon’s detective.
