
Jean Rochefort
Captain, commander of the escort ship


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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.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

Captain, commander of the escort ship

Pierre, medical officer

Lieutenant Willsdorff, 'Le Crabe-Tambour'

Aurore, nurse in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme

Babourg, former sailor

Chief mechanic

Former gendarme, boss of the bistro

Admiral Dönitz's admirer at the bistro

Rector
Bongo-Ba
Ensign
Bugler Bochau
Fishing officer
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