The Crab with the Golden Claws is a 1947 Belgian stop motion feature film produced by Wilfried Bouchery for Films Claude Misonne. It is based on the comic book Le Crabe Aux Pinces D'Or by Hergé, first published in serial comic strip form in 1941. This was the first Tintin story to be adapted into a movie and, as per Hergé's request, it follows the story of the comic book very closely. It also is the first Belgium animated feature film.

Allegedly, there was a screening in Brussels at the ABC Cinema on 11 January 1947 for a group of special invited guests. This would not have been a public scr... read the rest.