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Drummer-Crab

Drummer-Crab

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Nov 09, 19772h 0minFR
6.6
61 votes

Synopsis

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

TitleDrummer-Crab
RealesedNov 09, 1977
WriterJean-François Chauvel
DirectorPierre Schoendoerffer
CountryFrance
CompaniesAMLF
Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Captain, commander of the escort ship
Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Pierre, medical officer
Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Aurore Clément

Aurore Clément

Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois

Odile Versois

The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Pierre Rousseau

Pierre Rousseau

Babourg, former sailor
Jacques Dufilho

Jacques Dufilho

Chief mechanic
François Dyrek

François Dyrek

Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
Jean Champion

Jean Champion

Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Bernard Lajarrige

Bernard Lajarrige

Rector
Joseph Momo

Joseph Momo

Bongo-Ba
Yves Morgan-Jones

Yves Morgan-Jones

Ensign
Nguyễn Long Cường

Nguyễn Long Cường

Yann Brannelec

Yann Brannelec

Jean Hennau

Jean Hennau

François Landolt

François Landolt

Bugler Bochau
Hubert Laurent

Hubert Laurent

Fishing officer
Loïc Nedellec

Loïc Nedellec

Pierre Semmler

Pierre Semmler

Michel Vocoret

Michel Vocoret

Bruno Cremer

Bruno Cremer

Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
Ludovic Schoendoerffer

Ludovic Schoendoerffer

Breton kid (uncredited)
Drummer-Crab
Drummer-Crab