Released:
1977-11-09

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Director:
Pierre Schoendoerffer

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Drama, War

• 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