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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Top Cast

  • Jean Rochefort

    Jean Rochefort

    Captain, commander of the escort ship

  • Claude Rich

    Claude Rich

    Pierre, medical officer

  • Jacques Perrin

    Jacques Perrin

    Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

  • Aurore Clément

    Aurore Clément

    Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

  • Odile Versois

    Odile Versois

    The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

  • Pierre Rousseau

    Pierre Rousseau

    Babourg, former sailor

  • Jacques Dufilho

    Jacques Dufilho

    Chief mechanic

  • François Dyrek

    François Dyrek

    Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

  • Jean Champion

    Jean Champion

    Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Overview

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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