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The Tin Drum

Original title: Die Blechtrommel

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • R
  • 2h 42m

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 566 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Mario Adorf

    Mario AdorfAlfred Matzerath

  • Angela Winkler

    Angela WinklerAgnes Matzerath

  • David Bennent

    David BennentOskar Matzerath

  • Katharina Thalbach

    Katharina ThalbachMaria Matzerath

  • Daniel Olbrychski

    Daniel OlbrychskiJan Bronski

  • Tina Engel

    Tina EngelYoung Anna Koljaiczek

  • Berta Drews

    Berta DrewsAnna Koljaiczek

  • Roland TeubnerJoseph Koljaiczek

  • Tadeusz KunikowskiUncle Vinzenz

  • Andréa Ferréol

    Andréa FerréolLina Greff

  • Heinz Bennent

    Heinz BennentGreff

  • Ilse Pagé

    Ilse PagéGretchen Scheffler

  • Werner RehmScheffler

  • Käte JaenickeMother Truczinski

  • Otto Sander

    Otto SanderMeyn

  • Charles Aznavour

    Charles AznavourSigismund Markus

  • Fritz HaklBebra

  • Mariella OliveriRoswitha

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Writer
Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff and Franz Seitz Junior
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Igor Luther