"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
as Captain, commander of the escort ship
as Pierre, medical officer
as Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'
as Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
as The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
as Babourg, former sailor
as Chief mechanic
as Former gendarme, boss of the bistro
as Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro
as Rector
as Bongo-Ba
as Ensign
as Bugler Bochau
as Fishing officer
as Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)
as Breton kid (uncredited)
