Drummer-Crab(1977)

movie - first aired/released 1977-11-09 - 120 min - audience 6.5

Drama, War

Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.