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The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum (1979)★ 7.8/10

R · XWG,FR,PL · 142 min · May 3, 1979

  • Drama
  • War

Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff

Written by: Günter Grass, Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz

In 1920s-30s Danzig, brilliant young Oskar stops growing at age three, using his tin drum to protest a blind society drifting toward disaster.

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Written by

Günter GrassJean-Claude CarrièreVolker SchlöndorffFranz Seitz

Cast & crew

David BennentOskar MatzerathMario AdorfAlfred MatzerathAngela WinklerAgnes MatzerathKatharina ThalbachMaria MatzerathDaniel OlbrychskiJan BronskiTina EngelAnna Koljaiczek (jung)Berta DrewsAnna KoljaiczekRoland TeubnerJoseph KoljaiczekTadeusz KunikowskiOnkel VinzenzAndréa FerréolLina GreffHeinz BennentGreffIlse PagéGretchen SchefflerWerner RehmSchefflerKäte JaenickeMutter TruczinskiHelmut BraschDer Alte HeilandtOtto SanderMusiker MeynWigand WittingHerbert TruczinskiMariella OliveriRoswithaFritz HaklBebraEmil Feist1. ClownHerbert Behrendt2. ClownKarl Heinz TittelbachFelixCharles AznavourSigismund MarkusMarek WalczewskiSchugger-LeoErnst JacobiLöbsackWojciech PszoniakFajngoldGerda BlisseFrl. SpollenhauerJoachim HackethalHochwürden WiehnkeHenning SchlüterDr. HollatzZygmunt HübnerDr. MichonMieczyslaw CzechowiczKobyellaBruno ThostObergefreiter LankesAlexander von RichthofenPvt. HerzogLech GrzmocinskiStauerStanislaw Michalski1. GendarmeJ. Kapinski2. GendarmeDietrich FrauboesOberartz - Medical ChiefAnne BennentMädchen auf Beerdigungsfeier (uncredited)Jean-Claude CarrièreRasputin (uncredited)Horst GentzenFelix (uncredited) (voice)Adolf HitlerSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Reinhard KolldehoffEel Catcher (uncredited) (voice)Günter MeisnerGesundheitspolizist (uncredited)Beata PozniakExtra (uncredited)Lutz RiedelSoldier (uncredited) (voice)Raphaël VogtPeter (uncredited)Herbert WeissbachFajngold (uncredited) (voice)