Drummer-Crab
65.78999999999999 %|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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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
Jean-François Chauvel
Screenplay
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Screenplay
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Novel
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Raoul Coutard
Director of Photography
Colette Landoz
Editor
Michèle Lavigne
Editor
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Cast
Jean Rochefort
Captain, le Commandant
Claude Rich
Pierre, le médecin-major
Jacques Perrin
Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
Aurore Clément
Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois
L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, l'ancien marin
Jacques Dufilho
Chef mécanicien
François Dyrek
L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot
Jean Champion
L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot
Bernard Lajarrige
Le recteur
Joseph Momo
Bongoba
Yves Morgan-Jones
L'enseigne
