--- title: 'Le Crabe-tambour (1977)' type: 'film' director: 'Pierre Schoendoerffer' released: '1977-01-01' runtime_minutes: 120 genres: - 'Adventure' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-crabe-tambour-1977' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075885/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Le Crabe-tambour (1977) 1977 · 120 min · Adventure · France ## Synopsis Le Crabe-tambour (Drummer-Crab) is a 1977 French film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer, based on his 1976 novel of the same title, inspired by the adventures of Commander Pierre Guillaume (1925-2002). It was translated into English by the maritime novelist Patrick O'Brian as The Paths of the Sea (1977). The film stars Jean Rochefort, Jacques Perrin and Claude Rich. Highly criticially acclaimed, it won three César Awards: Best Actor – Leading Role, Best Actor – Supporting Role and Best Cinematography and was nominated for three others. ## Credits - **Director:** [Pierre Schoendoerffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-schoendoerffer) - **Screenplay:** [Pierre Schoendoerffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-schoendoerffer) - **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde) - **Producer:** [Georges de Beauregard](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-de-beauregard) - **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard) ## Cast - [Jean Rochefort](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rochefort) - [Pierre Rousseau](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-rousseau) - [Claude Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rich) - [Odile Versois](https://cinepixo.com/people/odile-versois) - [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin) - [François Dyrek](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-dyrek) - [Aurore Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurore-clement) - [Jacques Dufilho](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-dufilho) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-crabe-tambour-1977 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3221920); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.