Le Crabe-Tambour

Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
9 november 1977    2 uDrama, Oorlog,
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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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

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  • Jean RochefortCaptain, commander of the escort ship
  • Claude RichPierre, medical officer
  • Jacques PerrinLieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
  • Aurore ClémentAurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
  • Odile VersoisThe wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
  • Pierre RousseauBabourg, former sailor
  • Jacques DufilhoChief mechanic
  • François DyrekFormer gendarme, boss of the bistro
  • Jean ChampionAdmiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
  • Bernard LajarrigeRector
  • Joseph MomoBongo-Ba
  • Yves Morgan-JonesEnsign
  • Nguyễn Long Cường
  • Yann Brannelec
  • Jean Hennau
  • François LandoltBugler Bochau
  • Hubert LaurentFishing officer
  • Loïc Nedellec
  • Pierre Semmler
  • Michel Vocoret

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