Drummer-Crab

Drummer-Crab

1977120 min
6.6/10
DramaWar

Plot Summary

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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👥Cast (22)

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

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Joseph Momo

Bongo-Ba

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Yves Morgan-Jones

Ensign

🎬Crew

Director

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Writers

Jean-François Chauvel, Pierre Schoendoerffer

🖼️Gallery (2 images)

Drummer-Crab backdrop 1
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Production Companies

AMLF
Lira Films
TF1