Drummer-Crab

Drummer-Crab (1977)

Drama War

"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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  • Release Date: 1977-11-09
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer

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    • 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

    • Nguyễn Long Cường

    • Yann Brannelec

    • Jean Hennau

    • François Landolt

      Bugler Bochau

    • Hubert Laurent

      Fishing officer

    • Loïc Nedellec

    • Pierre Semmler

    • Michel Vocoret

    • Bruno Cremer

      Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)

    • Ludovic Schoendoerffer

      Breton kid (uncredited)