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Drummer-Crab

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

1977 |2h 0m |  Drama, War

Cast

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Jean Rochefort

Captain, commander of the escort ship

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Claude Rich

Pierre, medical officer

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Jacques Perrin

Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

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Aurore Clément

Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

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Odile Versois

The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

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Pierre Rousseau

Babourg, former sailor

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Jacques Dufilho

Chief mechanic

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François Dyrek

Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

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Jean Champion

Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

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Bernard Lajarrige

Rector

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Pierre Semmler

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Michel Vocoret

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Bruno Cremer

Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)

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Ludovic Schoendoerffer

Breton kid (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

French

Budget

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