

Drummer-Crab
Drama
War
Overview
"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1977-11-09
Runtime:
2h 0m
Director:
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Writer:
Jean-François Chauvel, Pierre Schoendoerffer
Top Cast

Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship

Claude Rich
Pierre, medical officer

Jacques Perrin
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore Clément
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile Versois
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, former sailor

Jacques Dufilho
Chief mechanic

François Dyrek
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean Champion
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard Lajarrige
Rector

Joseph Momo
Bongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-Jones
Ensign
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