09 November 1977 Drama, War 120 mins
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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 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
Joseph Momo as Bongo-Ba
Yves Morgan-Jones as Ensign
François Landolt as Bugler Bochau
Pierre Schoendoerffer Director
Michèle Lavigne Editor
Jean-François Chauvel Screenplay
Philippe Sarde Original Music Composer
Pierre Schoendoerffer Novel
Jean-Guy Montpetit Editor
Pierre Schoendoerffer Screenplay
Raoul Coutard Director of Photography
Serge Groffe Makeup Artist
Der Haudegen Trailer
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Drummer-Crab:
Le lieutenant de vaisseau Willsdorff à la manoeuvre.
Bande annonce du film "Le crabe-tambour" #CRABETAMBOUR.
"Le Crabe-Tambour" ( "Drummer-Crab" 1977 ) Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer A dying French naval frigate captain tries to ...
"Le Crabe-Tambour" ( "Drummer-Crab" 1977 ) Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer A dying French naval frigate captain tries to ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1977:
12 December 1977
Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC community programme unit.
25 May 1977
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire.
01 January 1977
Don Diego goes to war and his son Don Gonzalo is, in his absence, the new lord of the region. The milling Elvira, one of the mistresses of Don Diego, has a beautiful daughter, Elena, who has the desire of Don Gonzalo.
07 December 1977
How does a country go from a dictatorship to a democracy? A detailed report on the political representation in the heart of the Spanish Transition, only a few months after General Franco’s death, when the sincere democratic vocation of Spanish people must effort to destroy, one heavy brick after another, the wall that those who supported the dictatorship and those who fought it from the exile built with resentment, hatred and prejudices.
01 February 1977
The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal.
29 October 1977
The life and death of the fictional star Wilma Montesi is reported in the form of a staged newsreel. Excerpts from films of various genres and eras are juxtaposed with "documentary material" about the star's public and private life.
01 January 1977
An innocent refugee is hunted by the mafia and the police
01 May 1977
A young man has an eventful summer after graduating high school.
06 May 1977
Laura and Fabrizio have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parent's summer home. Fabrizio is a solitary boy with only his dog for company; Laura a sweet but unconfident child.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1977 Renn Productions, Bela Productions, AMLF, Lira Films, TF1.