“Paris Police 1905” – Into a modern era kicking and screaming [TELEVISION SERIES]
Evelyne Brochu as Meg Steinheil. “Paris Police 1905” is the sequel to “Paris Police 1900” and almost as juicy. Like the original series, many of the characters are based on real people. Louis Lépine, head of the Paris police, was tasked with bringing order to the streets, excising corruption from the ranks and bringing the police into the twentieth century with modern forensic methodology. Marguerite Steinheil, the infamous concubine, beauty starting to fade, conducts illegal games of chance in her back rooms; Jeanne Chauvin now has a license to practice law; and Alphonse Bertillon, as part of Lépine’s modernization plan, has brought anthropometry, the measurement of physical characteristics, and the introduction of the mug shot to policing. His methods and expertise were not flawless but he helped bring modern technology to the force. All of these characters existed in real life and were famous, or on the part of Steinheil, infamous. This season of 6 episodes centers around a so-called suicide victim found in the Bois de Boulogne, a hotbed of male and female prostitution. Investigation leads incorruptible Inspector Jouin to a viper’s nest of police corruption and blackmail, all…
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