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Nicolas Le Floch
Actors: Jerome Robart, Mathias Mlekuz, Francois Caron, Vincent Winterhalter, Jean-Marie Winling
Directors: Edwin Baily, Nicolas Picard-Dreyfuss

2014 14hr 50min

In French with English SubtitlesParis, 1761. Brilliant young Parisian police commissioner Nicolas Le Floch works under Monsieur de Sartine, the Royal Lieutenant General of Police. Louis XV's kingdom is plagued by conspirac... more »ies and murders. With the help of his faithful subordinate Bourdeau, Nicolas solves mysterious disappearances and sorts out awkward scandals. From seedy taverns to the muffled hallways of Versailles, from brothels to the Chatelet prisons, he tracks and stakes out suspects, questions witnesses, gathers evidence, foils traps, and unveils plotters.

Nicolas Le Floch plunges viewers into the mysteries of 18th century Paris, a world teeming with crime, debauchery and theft. The series is a successful blend of police intrigue and melodrama, as well as a portrayal of the period's social customs and humor. All of this is presented in great style. The characters are sensitive, original and deep. They show the eternal nature of man s passions, feelings.... and crimes. In the end, no one could be more contemporary than Nicolas Le Floch, Police Commissioner at the Chatelet.

Episode 1 The Man with the Lead Stomach - Nicolas investigates the mysterious death of Viscount Lionel de Ruissec. Was it suicide or murder? Nicolas discovers that the murder is linked to a plot against King Louis XV and reigning favorite Madame de Pompadour.

Episode 2 The Blancs-Manteaux Enigma - Commissioner Lardin has apparently been murdered, and letters comprising the King have also been stolen. Who could have wanted him out of the way? Will Dr. Scemacgus, Nicolas' good friend, have to be brought in for questioning?

Episode 3 The Phantom of the Rue Royale - Beautiful Elodie Galaine is discovered strangled to death at a party thrown in Paris by Louis XV. Nicolas le Floch leads the investigation into the strange doings of the Galaine family.

Episode 4 The Nicolas Le Floch Affair - Nicolas Le Floch is suspected of having poisoned his mistress. To keep him from being unjustly implicated in the death, Louis XV sends Nicolas to London on a secret mission, where he discovers new leads into her death.

Episode 5 The Tear of Warsaw - Nicolas Le Floch investigates the theft of a priceless pearl, The Tear of Warsaw, whose disappearance portends troubled times for the French monarchy.

Episode 6 The Grand Huntsman- The young Count Louis Charles Allas is found beheaded. Nicolas Le Floch, sent to the lands of Aquitaine to investigate, falls into a terrible trap: a hunting with hounds, with the Earl of Rhodes as the Grand Huntsman and Nicolas Le Floch his prey.

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Actors: Jerome Robart, Mathias Mlekuz, Francois Caron, Vincent Winterhalter, Jean-Marie Winling
Directors: Edwin Baily, Nicolas Picard-Dreyfuss
Studio: MHz Networks
Format: DVD - Widescreen - Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 07/29/2014
Release Year: 2014
Run Time: 14hr 50min
Screens: Widescreen
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaDVD Credits: 4
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 2
Edition: Box set
Languages: French
Subtitles: English