Movion - Drummer-Crab

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6.574

68 reviews

Drama/War

2h

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval...

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

DirectorPierre Schoendoerffer
Release9 November 1977
Genre
Drama / War
Duration2h
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6.574
68 reviews
Productions
AMLF, Bela Productions, Lira Films, Renn Productions, TF1

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

Pierre Semmler

Michel Vocoret

Bruno Cremer

Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)

Ludovic Schoendoerffer

Breton kid (uncredited)

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