Drummer-Crab (1977)
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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
Writers:
Jean-François Chauvel, Pierre Schoendoerffer.
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Jean Rochefort as Captain, commander of the escort ship |
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Claude Rich as Pierre, medical officer |
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Jacques Perrin as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour' |
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Aurore Clément as Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
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Odile Versois as The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme |
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Pierre Rousseau as Babourg, former sailor |
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Jacques Dufilho as Chief mechanic |
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François Dyrek as Former gendarme, boss of the bistro |
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Jean Champion as Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro |
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Bernard Lajarrige as Rector |
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Joseph Momo as Bongo-Ba |
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Yves Morgan-Jones as Ensign |
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Nguyễn Long Cường as |
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Yann Brannelec as |
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Jean Hennau as |
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François Landolt as Bugler Bochau |
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Hubert Laurent as Fishing officer |
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Loïc Nedellec as |
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Pierre Semmler as |
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Michel Vocoret as |
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Bruno Cremer as Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited) |
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Ludovic Schoendoerffer as Breton kid (uncredited) |
| Directing | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Director |
| Writing | Jean-François Chauvel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Novel |
| Sound | Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Colette Landoz | Editor |
| Editing | Michèle Lavigne | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Guy Montpetit | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Serge Groffe | Makeup Artist |
