The Tin Drum
- Released on
- Runtime
- 162 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Mario Adorf
- Angela Winkler
- David Bennent
- Katharina Thalbach
- Daniel Olbrychski
- Tina Engel
- Berta Drews
- Roland Teubner
- Tadeusz Kunikowski
- Andréa Ferréol
- Heinz Bennent
- Ilse Pagé
- Werner Rehm
- Käte Jaenicke
- Otto Sander
- Charles Aznavour
- Fritz Hakl
- Mariella Oliveri
- Ernst Jacobi
- Henning Schlüter
Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
Producers
- Franz Seitz Junior
- Anatole Dauman
- Eberhard Junkersdorf
Screenwriter
- Jean-Claude Carrière
- Franz Seitz Junior
- Volker Schlöndorff
