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Drummer-Crab
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
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Status
Released
Released
November 9, 1977
Runtime
2h 0m
Language
French
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
Nguyễn Long Cường
Yann Brannelec
Jean Hennau
François Landolt
Bugler Bochau
Hubert Laurent
Fishing officer
Loïc Nedellec
Pierre Semmler
Michel Vocoret
