Drummer-Crab

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MOVIE

Drummer-Crab

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Original Title

Le Crabe-Tambour

Release Date

1977-11-09

Year

1977

Duration

2h 0m

Status

Released

Score

6.60

Genres

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