The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

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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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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

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Release dateMay 02 1979

Runtime2 hours 42 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesGerman, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian

Production companiesJadran Film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Neue Bioskop Film, Auditrust, Taurus Film

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