The Tin Drum
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
1979-05-02 | 162 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Mario AdorfAlfred Matzerath
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Angela WinklerAgnes Matzerath
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David BennentOskar Matzerath
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Katharina ThalbachMaria Matzerath
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Daniel OlbrychskiJan Bronski
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Tina EngelYoung Anna Koljaiczek
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Berta DrewsAnna Koljaiczek
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Andréa FerréolLina Greff
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Heinz BennentGreff
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Ilse PagéGretchen Scheffler
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Otto SanderMeyn
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Charles AznavourSigismund Markus
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Ernst JacobiLöbsack
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Henning SchlüterDr. Hollatz
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