Tit-for-Tat
About Tit-for-Tat
An entomologist who has been catching rare insects falls asleep. In the dream an insect court tries him and condemns him to be pinned on a giant cork.
Cast & crew
More about Tit-for-Tat
Gaston Velle directed. Fernand Rivers is the named player. The French title is La Peine du talion. Wikidata times it at 5 minutes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The French title means the punishment of retaliation, an eye for an eye.
- The sentence is the same one he used on insects: a pin through a specimen.
- Fernand Rivers is the only named cast member.
Scenes
- The insect court orders the sleeping collector pinned to a giant cork.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (La Peine du talion)
