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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Cast:

Jean Rochefort
Captain, le Commandant 

Claude Rich
Pierre, le médecin-major 

Jacques Perrin
Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou" 

Aurore Clément
Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon 

Odile Versois
L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme 

Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, l'ancien marin 

• Der Haudegen
• Drummer-Crab