The Tin Drum

• 6.9 Drama
• 1979-05-02
• 162 minutes 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.

Starring:

Mario Adorf (Alfred Matzerath) Angela Winkler (Agnes Matzerath) David Bennent (Oskar Matzerath) Katharina Thalbach (Maria Matzerath) Daniel Olbrychski (Jan Bronski) Tina Engel (Young Anna Koljaiczek) Berta Drews (Anna Koljaiczek) Roland Teubner (Joseph Koljaiczek) Tadeusz Kunikowski (Onkel Vinzenz) Andréa Ferréol (Lina Greff)

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

Writer:

Volker Schlöndorff Franz Seitz Junior Jean-Claude Carrière