"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Genre : DramaWar
Runtime : 120 mins
Release Date : 1977-11-09
(Captain, commander of the escort ship)
(Pierre, medical officer)
(Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour')
(Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
(The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme)
(Babourg, former sailor)
(Chief mechanic)
(Former gendarme, boss of the bistro)
(Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro)
(Rector)
(Bongo-Ba)
(Ensign)
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(Bugler Bochau)
(Fishing officer)
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(Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited))
(Breton kid (uncredited))