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Drummer-Crab (1977)

6.6 | Nov 09, 1977 (FR) | Drama, War | 02:00

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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Director, Novel, Screenplay
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Makeup Artist

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Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship
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Claude Rich
Pierre, medical officer
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Jacques Perrin
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
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Aurore Clément
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
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Odile Versois
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
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Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, former sailor
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Jacques Dufilho
Chief mechanic
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François Dyrek
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
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Jean Champion
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

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