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Drummer-Crab

Pierre Schoendoerffer

1977 • 2h 0m

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of th...

Drummer-Crab

Cast

Jean Rochefort

Jean RochefortCaptain, commander of the escort ship

Claude Rich

Claude RichPierre, medical officer

Jacques Perrin

Jacques PerrinLieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore Clément

Aurore ClémentAurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile Versois

Odile VersoisThe wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre Rousseau

Pierre RousseauBabourg, former sailor

Jacques Dufilho

Jacques DufilhoChief mechanic

François Dyrek

François DyrekFormer gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean Champion

Jean ChampionAdmiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard Lajarrige

Bernard LajarrigeRector

Joseph MomoBongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-JonesEnsign

Nguyễn Long Cường

Crew

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Pierre SchoendoerfferDirector

Philippe Sarde

Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer

Raoul Coutard

Raoul CoutardDirector of Photography

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