Le Crabe-Tambour

Le Crabe-Tambour

120 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 9, 1977

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Le Crabe-Tambour

120 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 9, 1977

Le Crabe-Tambour
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Renn Productions, Bela Productions, AMLF, Lira Films, TF1
Original title Le Crabe-Tambour
Directors Pierre Schoendoerffer
Writers Jean-François Chauvel, Pierre Schoendoerffer

Cast

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