The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

162 mins | Drama, War, History | May 2, 1979

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.

The Tin Drum

162 mins | Drama, War, History | May 2, 1979

The Tin Drum
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Jadran Film, Bioskop-Film GmbH, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Film Polski, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Auditrust
Original title Die Blechtrommel
Directors Volker Schlöndorff
Writers Franz Seitz Junior, Günter Grass, Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière

Cast

Mario Adorf

as Alfred Matzerath

Angela Winkler

as Agnes Matzerath

David Bennent

as Oskar Matzerath

Katharina Thalbach

as Maria Matzerath

Daniel Olbrychski

as Jan Bronski

Tina Engel

as Young Anna Koljaiczek

Berta Drews

as Anna Koljaiczek

Roland Teubner

as Joseph Koljaiczek

Tadeusz Kunikowski

as Onkel Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol

as Lina Greff

Heinz Bennent

as Greff

Ilse Pagé

as Gretchen Scheffler

Werner Rehm

as Scheffler

Käte Jaenicke

as Mutter Truczinski

Otto Sander

as Meyn

Charles Aznavour

as Sigismund Markus

Fritz Hakl

as Bebra

Mariella Oliveri

as Roswitha

Ernst Jacobi

as Löbsack

Henning Schlüter

as Dr. Hollatz