Drummer-Crab (1977)
Le Crabe-Tambour
120 min
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
- Release date
- November 9, 1977
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Jean Rochefort as Captain
- Claude Rich as Le médecin, Pierre
- Jacques Perrin as Lt. Willsdorff, 'le Crabe-Tambour'
- Aurore Clément as Aurore
- Odile Versois as Madame, wife of bar owner
- Pierre Rousseau as Babourg
- Jacques Dufilho as Chef mécanicien
- François Dyrek as Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
- Jean Champion as L'homme dans le café
- Bernard Lajarrige as Rector
- Joseph Momo as Bongo-Ba
- Yves Morgan-Jones as Ensign
- Pierre Semmler
- Bruno Cremer as Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
- Ludovic Schoendoerffer as Breton kid (uncredited)
- Yann Brannelec
- Nguyen Long Cuong
Crew
- Pierre Schoendoerffer · Director
- Jean-François Chauvel · Writer
- Pierre Schoendoerffer · Writer
- Philippe Sarde · Composer
- Raoul Coutard · Cinematographer
- Colette Landoz · Editor
- Michèle Lavigne · Editor
- Nguyen Long · Editor
- Jean-Guy Montpetit · Editor