What Is Seen Through a Keyhole (1901)

Name: What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1901-08-01

Running Time

Plot.

Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with its remake from 1905 also titled What is Seen Through a Keyhole, a film now considered lost. As a janitor is cleaning a hotel, he decides to peek through the keyholes to observe some of the guests in their rooms. In room 8, a woman is busy making herself look more attractive, and the janitor enjoys watching her. There are also some interesting things going on in the other rooms on the floor.

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Cast & Crew.

Ferdinand Zecca

Director

Charles Pathé

Producer

Details.

Release Date
August 1, 1901

Original Name
Par le trou de la serrure

Status
Released

Running Time
2m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

silent film

pubic hair

janitor

peeping tom

voyeurism

hotel clerk

Wiki.

Par le trou de la serrure is a 1901 French silent short comedy film directed by Ferdinand Zecca and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. It was also distributed in the United States under the titles What Is Seen Through a Keyhole and What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor, and in the United Kingdom under the titles What Happened: The Inquisitive Janitor and Peeping Tom.