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About
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Director
Writers
Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jean-François Chauvel
Music
Studio
AMLF, Bela Productions, Lira Films, Renn Productions, TF1
Original Title
Le Crabe-Tambour
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship
C
Claude Rich
Pierre, medical officer
J
Jacques Perrin
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
A
Aurore Clément
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
O
Odile Versois
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
P
Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, former sailor
J
Jacques Dufilho
Chief mechanic
F
François Dyrek
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
J
Jean Champion
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
B
Bernard Lajarrige
Rector
J
Joseph Momo
Bongo-Ba
Y
Yves Morgan-Jones
Ensign
P
Pierre Semmler
M
Michel Vocoret
B
Bruno Cremer
Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
L
Ludovic Schoendoerffer
Breton kid (uncredited)
