Nguyễn Long Cường

A realistic depiction of the bloody land reform campaign in North Vietnam under Communist-dominated Vietminh.

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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.