The Tin Drum

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.

• Volker SchlöndorffDirector
• Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
• Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
• Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
• Franz Seitz JuniorScreenplay

• Mario AdorfAlfred Matzerath
• Angela WinklerAgnes Matzerath
• David BennentOskar Matzerath
• Katharina ThalbachMaria Matzerath
• Daniel OlbrychskiJan Bronski
• Tina EngelYoung Anna Koljaiczek
• Berta DrewsAnna Koljaiczek
• Roland TeubnerJoseph Koljaiczek
• Tadeusz KunikowskiUncle Vinzenz
• Andréa FerréolLina Greff
• Heinz BennentGreff
• Ilse PagéGretchen Scheffler