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The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

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DramaHistoryWar

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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.

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Budget

$3000000

Revenue

$17000000

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

162 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

02 May 1979

Country

France

Cast

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Alfred Matzerath

Angela Winkler

Angela Winkler

Agnes Matzerath

David Bennent

David Bennent

Oskar Matzerath

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

Maria Matzerath

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Jan Bronski

Tina Engel

Tina Engel

Young Anna Koljaiczek

Berta Drews

Berta Drews

Anna Koljaiczek

Roland Teubner

Roland Teubner

Joseph Koljaiczek

Tadeusz Kunikowski

Tadeusz Kunikowski

Uncle Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lina Greff

Heinz Bennent

Heinz Bennent

Greff

Ilse Pagé

Ilse Pagé

Gretchen Scheffler

Werner Rehm

Werner Rehm

Scheffler

Käte Jaenicke

Käte Jaenicke

Mother Truczinski

Otto Sander

Otto Sander

Meyn

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Sigismund Markus

Fritz Hakl

Fritz Hakl

Bebra

Mariella Oliveri

Mariella Oliveri

Roswitha

Ernst Jacobi

Ernst Jacobi

Löbsack

Henning Schlüter

Henning Schlüter

Dr. Hollatz

Marek Walczewski

Marek Walczewski

Schugger-Leo

Wojciech Pszoniak

Wojciech Pszoniak

Fajngold

Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek

Priest

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