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Film / 1977
Drummer-Crab
Directed by
Pierre Schoendoerffer
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
The story
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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
Joseph MomoBongo-Ba
Yves Morgan-JonesEnsign
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