Drummer-Crab (1977)

Summary

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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Jean Rochefort

as Captain, le Commandant
Claude Rich

as Pierre, le médecin-major
Jacques Perrin

as Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
Aurore Clément

as Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois

as L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
Pierre Rousseau

as Babourg, l'ancien marin
Jacques Dufilho

as Chef mécanicien
François Dyrek

as L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot
Jean Champion

as L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot
Bernard Lajarrige

as Le recteur
Joseph Momo

as Bongoba
Yves Morgan-Jones

as L'enseigne
Nguyễn Long Cường

as
Yann Brannelec

as
Jean Hennau

as
François Landolt

as
Hubert Laurent

as
Loïc Nedellec

as
Peter Semler

as
Michel Vocoret

as
Bruno Cremer

as
Ludovic Schoendoerffer

as

Directing	Pierre Schoendoerffer	Director
Writing	Jean-François Chauvel	Screenplay
Writing	Pierre Schoendoerffer	Screenplay
Writing	Pierre Schoendoerffer	Novel
Sound	Philippe Sarde	Original Music Composer
Camera	Raoul Coutard	Director of Photography
Editing	Colette Landoz	Editor
Editing	Michèle Lavigne	Editor
Editing	Jean-Guy Montpetit	Editor
Costume & Make-Up	Serge Groffe	Makeup Artist