Where to Watch Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) in the US

What it's about

A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks, with "le crabe tambour," a French war hero he had betrayed twenty years earlier. "Le crabe tambour" "the drummer crab" was a boyhood nickname for the handsome young Alsatian whom the film depicts proving his courage, first in the war in French Indochina, and then again in the "Generals' Revolt" in Algeria. Courtmartialed because friends like the French naval captain were afraid to risk their own careers by testifying for him, the exiled "crabe tambour" and his trawler, The Shamrock, is now a legend among the Grand Banks fishermen.

Cast and crew

Director

Pierre Schoendoerffer

Writer

Jean-François Chauvel, Pierre Schoendoerffer

Starring

Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin

Details

Release date

Nov 9, 1977

Language

French

Country

France

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

Where to Watch Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) in the US — common questions

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