"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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, le Commandant
as Pierre, le médecin-major
as Lt. Willsdorff, "le Crabe-Tambou"
as Aurore, l'infirmière de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
as L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
as Babourg, l'ancien marin
as Chef mécanicien
as L'ancien gendarme, patron du bistrot
as L'admirateur de l'amiral Dönitz au bistrot
as Le recteur
as Bongoba
as L'enseigne