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Drummer-Crab [Le Crabe-Tambour]

Release Year
1977
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
War
Directed By
Pierre Schoendoerffer
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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Jean Rochefort

Captain, le Commandant

Claude Rich

Pierre, le médecin-major

Odile Versois

L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme

Pierre Rousseau

Babourg, l'ancien marin

Jacques Dufilho

Chef mécanicien

François Dyrek

L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot

Jean Champion

L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot

Bernard Lajarrige

Le recteur

Yves Morgan-Jones

L'enseigne

Nguyễn Long Cường

Yann Brannelec

Jean Hennau

Crew

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Director

Jean-François Chauvel

Screenplay

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Screenplay

Raoul Coutard

Director of Photography

Colette Landoz

Editor

Michèle Lavigne

Editor

Jean-Guy Montpetit

Editor

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Novel

Serge Groffe

Makeup Artist

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