Captain, commander of the escort ship
Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship

"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Captain, commander of the escort ship
Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship
Pierre, medical officer
Claude Rich
Pierre, medical officer
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Jacques Perrin
Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Aurore Clément
Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Odile Versois
The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
Babourg, former sailor
Pierre Rousseau
Babourg, former sailor
Chief mechanic
Jacques Dufilho
Chief mechanic
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
François Dyrek
Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Jean Champion
Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
Rector
Bernard Lajarrige
Rector
Bongo-Ba
Joseph Momo
Bongo-Ba
Ensign
Yves Morgan-Jones
Ensign
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