Drummer-Crab
movie

Released November 09, 1977
Overview
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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

Jean Rochefort
as
Captain, commander of the escort ship

Claude Rich
as
Pierre, medical officer

Jacques Perrin
as
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore Clément
as
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile Versois
as
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre Rousseau
as
Babourg, former sailor

Jacques Dufilho
as
Chief mechanic

François Dyrek
as
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean Champion
as
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard Lajarrige
as
Rector
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Joseph Momo
as
Bongo-Ba
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Yves Morgan-Jones
as
Ensign
Crew

Pierre Schoendoerffer
as
Director
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Michèle Lavigne
as
Editor
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Jean-François Chauvel
as
Screenplay

Philippe Sarde
as
Original Music Composer

Pierre Schoendoerffer
as
Novel
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Jean-Guy Montpetit
as
Editor

Pierre Schoendoerffer
as
Screenplay
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Colette Landoz
as
Editor

Raoul Coutard
as
Director of Photography
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Serge Groffe
as
Makeup Artist