Drummer-Crab
1977/11/09 (US) | Drama, War
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Director
Jean-François Chauvel
Screenplay
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship
Claude Rich
Pierre, medical officer
Jacques Perrin
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Aurore Clément
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, former sailor
Jacques Dufilho
Chief mechanic
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- AMLF
- Bela Productions
- Lira Films
- Renn Productions
Crews
Michèle Lavigne
Editor
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Novel
Jean-Guy Montpetit
Editor
Colette Landoz
Editor