Capitaine Achab

Capitaine Achab
Directed byPhilippe Ramos
Screenplay byPhilippe Ramos
Produced byMichel Klein
Jérôme Larcher
StarringFrédéric Bonpart
CinematographyLaurent Desmet
Edited bySophie Deseuzes
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$331.000

Capitaine Achab (in English, Captain Ahab) is a 2004 French short film directed by Philippe Ramos. It is an interpretation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The film follows a young Achab and the events that inspire his eventual journey to the sea. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and Pantin in 2004.

In 2007 a full-length (100 min.) version was released.