The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum (1979)

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

Drama History War

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.

star 6.9 7.4 63 84%
  • Release Date: 1979-05-02
  • Runtime: 2h 42min
  • Director: Volker Schlöndorff

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

      Uncle Vinzenz

    • Andréa Ferréol

      Lina Greff

    • Heinz Bennent

      Greff

    • Ilse Pagé

      Gretchen Scheffler

    • Werner Rehm

      Scheffler

    • Käte Jaenicke

      Mother Truczinski

    • Otto Sander

      Meyn

    • Charles Aznavour

      Sigismund Markus

    • Fritz Hakl

      Bebra

    • Mariella Oliveri

      Roswitha

    • Ernst Jacobi

      Löbsack

    • Henning Schlüter

      Dr. Hollatz

    • Marek Walczewski

      Schugger-Leo

    • Wojciech Pszoniak

      Fajngold

    • Gustaw Holoubek

      Priest

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