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Basic Info
Release: November 09, 1977
Runtime: 120 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (65 votes)
Status: Released

Drummer-Crab

1977 120 min ⭐ 6.6/10 65 votes
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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Genres
Drama War
Production Countries
  • France
Spoken Languages
  • French fr
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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
Joseph Momo
Bongo-Ba
Yves Morgan-Jones
Ensign
Crew
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Director
Jean-François Chauvel
Screenplay
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
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