Drummer-Crab (1977)

Name: Drummer-Crab
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1977-11-09
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Aurore Clément, Odile Versois

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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Released 1977-11-09 · 120 min · Drama, War

Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer

Cast

Jean Rochefort as Captain, commander of the escort ship
Claude Rich as Pierre, medical officer
Jacques Perrin as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Aurore Clément as Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois as The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Pierre Rousseau as Babourg, former sailor
Jacques Dufilho as Chief mechanic
François Dyrek as Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
Jean Champion as Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Bernard Lajarrige as Rector
Joseph Momo as Bongo-Ba
Yves Morgan-Jones as Ensign
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Yann Brannelec
Jean Hennau