Drummer-Crab (1977)

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Cast

Captain, commander of the escort ship
Pierre, medical officer
Bugler Bochau
Fishing officer
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
Breton kid (uncredited)
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

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Makeup Artist