Film

The Tin Drum

7.019792h 42m15+Drama History War

Age rating: 15+
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Year: 1979

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

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.

Top 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

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Written by

Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz Junior, Jean-Claude Carrière

Produced by

Anatole Dauman, Franz Seitz Junior, Eberhard Junkersdorf