Drummer-Crab
Le Crabe-Tambour
Release: 1977-11-09
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 6.6
Drama
War
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
AMLF
Bela Productions
Lira Films
Renn Productions
TF1
Cast
Jacques Perrin
as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Jean Champion
as Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Michel Vocoret
Aurore Clément
as Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois
as The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
François Dyrek
as Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
Ludovic Schoendoerffer
as Breton kid (uncredited)
Jean Rochefort
as Captain, commander of the escort ship
Bernard Lajarrige
as Rector
Bruno Cremer
as Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
Pierre Rousseau
as Babourg, former sailor
Jacques Dufilho
as Chief mechanic
Pierre Semmler
Claude Rich
as Pierre, medical officer
