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Drummer-Crab

65 %|Nov 9, 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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Featured Crew

Pierre Schoendoerffer
Director
Michèle Lavigne
Editor
Jean-François Chauvel
Screenplay
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Novel
Jean-Guy Montpetit
Editor
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Screenplay
Colette Landoz
Editor

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Cast

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Jean Rochefort
Captain, le Commandant
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Claude Rich
Pierre, le médecin-major
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Jacques Perrin
Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
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Aurore Clément
Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
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Odile Versois
L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
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Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, l'ancien marin
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Jacques Dufilho
Chef mécanicien
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François Dyrek
L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot
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Jean Champion
L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot