Plot
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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
Jean Rochefort
as Captain, le Commandant
Claude Rich
as Pierre, le médecin-major
Jacques Perrin
as Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
Aurore Clément
as Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Odile Versois
as L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
Pierre Rousseau
as Babourg, l'ancien marin
Jacques Dufilho
as Chef mécanicien
François Dyrek
as L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot
Jean Champion
as L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot
Bernard Lajarrige
as Le recteur
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