Drummer-Crab

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1977

Director:

Pierre Schoendoerffer

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Company:

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

Crew:
Pierre Schoendoerffer

Director

Jean-François Chauvel

Screenplay

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Screenplay

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Novel

Philippe Sarde

Original Music Composer