Drummer-Crab

Le Crabe-Tambour

1977·120'

Pierre Schoendoerffer

WarDrama

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #86727

"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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 Rochefort Captain, commander of the escort ship Claude Rich Pierre, medical officer Jacques Perrin Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour' Aurore Clément Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Odile Versois The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme Pierre Rousseau Babourg, former sailor Jacques Dufilho Chief mechanic François Dyrek Former gendarme, boss of the bistro Jean Champion Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro Bernard Lajarrige Rector

Joseph Momo Bongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-Jones Ensign