Drummer-Crab (1977)
19772h 0mDramaWar
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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 RochefortCaptain, commander of the escort ship
Claude RichPierre, medical officer
Jacques PerrinLieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Aurore ClémentAurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile VersoisThe wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Pierre RousseauBabourg, former sailor
Jacques DufilhoChief mechanic
François DyrekFormer gendarme, boss of the bistro
Jean ChampionAdmiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Bernard LajarrigeRector- JJoseph MomoBongo-Ba
- YYves Morgan-JonesEnsign
- NNguyễn Long Cường
- YYann Brannelec
- JJean Hennau
- FFrançois LandoltBugler Bochau
- HHubert LaurentFishing officer
- LLoïc Nedellec
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Music
- Philippe Sarde
- Cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
Details
- Released
- November 9, 1977
- Language
- French
- Studio
- AMLF, Bela Productions, Lira Films
- IMDb
- tt0075885