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Drummer-Crab (1977)

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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

Director

Jean-François Chauvel profile
Jean-François Chauvel

Screenplay

Cast

Jean Rochefort profile
Jean Rochefort

Captain, commander of the escort ship

Claude Rich profile
Claude Rich

Pierre, medical officer

Jacques Perrin profile
Jacques Perrin

Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore Clément profile
Aurore Clément

Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile Versois profile
Odile Versois

The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre Rousseau profile
Pierre Rousseau

Babourg, former sailor

Jacques Dufilho profile
Jacques Dufilho

Chief mechanic

François Dyrek profile
François Dyrek

Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean Champion profile
Jean Champion

Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard Lajarrige profile
Bernard Lajarrige

Rector

Joseph Momo profile
Joseph Momo

Bongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-Jones profile
Yves Morgan-Jones

Ensign

Jean Rochefort profile
Jean Rochefort

Captain, commander of the escort ship

Claude Rich profile
Claude Rich

Pierre, medical officer

Jacques Perrin profile
Jacques Perrin

Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore Clément profile
Aurore Clément

Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile Versois profile
Odile Versois

The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre Rousseau profile
Pierre Rousseau

Babourg, former sailor

Jacques Dufilho profile
Jacques Dufilho

Chief mechanic

François Dyrek profile
François Dyrek

Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean Champion profile
Jean Champion

Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard Lajarrige profile
Bernard Lajarrige

Rector

Joseph Momo profile
Joseph Momo

Bongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-Jones profile
Yves Morgan-Jones

Ensign

Extra

Release Date

November 9, 1977

Original Language

French

Budget

$0.00

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AMLF logoBela Productions logoLira Films logoRenn Productions logoTF1 logo

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