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The Tin Drum

69 %|May 2, 1979|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.

Featured Crew

Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Franz Seitz Junior
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Anatole Dauman
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Günter Grass
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Cast

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Mario Adorf
Alfred Matzerath
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Angela Winkler
Agnes Matzerath
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David Bennent
Oskar Matzerath
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Katharina Thalbach
Maria Matzerath
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Tina Engel
Young Anna Koljaiczek
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Berta Drews
Anna Koljaiczek
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Roland Teubner
Joseph Koljaiczek
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Tadeusz Kunikowski
Onkel Vinzenz
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Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
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Werner Rehm
Scheffler
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Käte Jaenicke
Mutter Truczinski
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Charles Aznavour
Sigismund Markus
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Ernst Jacobi
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