The Tin Drum
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
7.0(540) 1979-05-02 162 minDramaHistoryWar
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
ScreenplayVolker Schlöndorff
ScreenplayFranz Seitz Junior
ProducerAnatole Dauman
Original Music ComposerMaurice Jarre
ScreenplayJean-Claude Carrière
ProducerFranz Seitz Junior
DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
ProducerEberhard Junkersdorf
Cast & characters
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
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Roland Teubner
as Joseph Koljaiczek
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Tadeusz Kunikowski
as Uncle Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol
as Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
as Greff
Ilse Pagé
as Gretchen Scheffler
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Werner Rehm
as Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke
as Mother Truczinski
Otto Sander
as Meyn
Charles Aznavour
as Sigismund Markus
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Fritz Hakl
as Bebra
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Mariella Oliveri
as Roswitha
Ernst Jacobi
as Löbsack
Henning Schlüter
as Dr. Hollatz
Marek Walczewski
as Schugger-Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Fajngold
Gustaw Holoubek
as Priest
Günter Meisner
as Gestapo Agent
