Le Crabe-Tambour
1977, Film, 120 min, Adventure, Drama, War, French, France, MoviePedia score 65
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
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
- Yann Brannelec
- Jean Champion as L'homme dans le café
- Nguyen Long Cuong
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