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He was the founder and first director of France's first criminal investigative agency, the Sûreté Nationale, as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of modern criminology [1] [2] and of the French national police force. [3]
Vidocq (North American DVD title: Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq) is a 2001 mystery film, directed by Pitof, starring Gérard Depardieu as historical figure Eugène François Vidocq pursuing a supernatural serial killer.
May 9, 2024 · François Vidocq (born July 24, 1775, Arras, Fr.—died May 11, 1857, Paris) was an adventurer and detective who helped create the police de sûreté (“security police”) in France. A venturesome, sometimes rash youth, Vidocq had bright beginnings in the army, fighting in the Battles of Valmy and Jemappes in 1792.
The Vidocq Society was born, named for Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857), the criminal-turned-detective who founded the French Sûreté and is considered to have been the first modern detective. The first meeting took place at the old Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Sep 19, 2001 · Vidocq: Directed by Pitof. With Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, André Dussollier. Paris, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.
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Nov 17, 2013 · Vidocq, 2001, trailer movie starring Gérard Depardieu as Vidocq IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164961/.
