Drummer-Crab

The story

"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Cast & crew

Jean RochefortCaptain, commander of the escort ship

Claude RichPierre, medical officer

Jacques PerrinLieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore ClémentAurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Odile VersoisThe wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Pierre RousseauBabourg, former sailor

Jacques DufilhoChief mechanic

François DyrekFormer gendarme, boss of the bistro

Jean ChampionAdmiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Bernard LajarrigeRector

Joseph Momo

Joseph MomoBongo-Ba

Yves Morgan-Jones

Yves Morgan-JonesEnsign