Drummer-Crab(1977)

66

2h

  • Drama,
  • War

Overview

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Cast

  • 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

  • Pierre Semmler

    Pierre Semmler

  • Michel Vocoret

    Michel Vocoret

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    Status

    Released (Nov 9, 1977)