Nestor Burma [SEP] native language
Nestor Burma
Nestor Burma is a fictional character created by French crime novelist Léo Malet. In the series of crime novels featuring him one can isolate a subset of novels each set in a different quarter (arrondissement) of Paris which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris", alluding to Eugene Sue's "The Mysteries of Paris" (1842–43). Burma is a hardboiled private detective, in the mold of American characters such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe but decidedly more humorous. He works with a secretary,
-Prés", directed by Bob Swaim (1977), with Michel Galabru (as Nestor Burma)
- "Nestor Burma, détective de choc", directed by Jean-Luc Miesch (1982), with Michel Serrault (as Nestor Burma), Jane Birkin
- "Les Rats de Montsouris", directed by Maurice Frydland (TV film, 1988), with Gérard Desarthe (as Nestor Burma)
- "Nestor Burma" (TV series, 39 episodes, 1991–2003), with Guy Marchand (