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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Watch the official Drummer-Crab 1977 trailer in HD below or find more Drummer-Crab videos on Vidimovie.
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
Philippe Sarde Original Music Composer
Pierre Schoendoerffer Novel
Pierre Schoendoerffer Screenplay
Raoul Coutard Director of Photography
Serge Groffe Makeup Artist
Jean-François Chauvel Screenplay
Michèle Lavigne Editor
Jean-Guy Montpetit Editor
Der Haudegen Trailer
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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 ...
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1977 Renn Productions, Bela Productions, AMLF, Lira Films, TF1.