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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Suzanne Grandais
Suzanne
Léonce Perret
Léonce
Valentine Petit
Une baigneuse
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Léonce Perret
- Countries
- France
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Léonce Perret directs. Georges Specht behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2113 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Léonce Perret, shot by Georges Specht. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Suzanne Grandais and Léonce Perret and Valentine Petit carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0438087 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Georges Specht
- Runtime
- 14 min · 0h 14m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- Le homard (1913)
Also by
Léonce Perret
Production companies
Who made it
- SO
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
FR
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- silent film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1913-01-10
Also known as
International titles
- A Lucky LobsterGB
- Lobsters: All StylesUS
- Hummer à la francaiseDK
- De KreeftNL
