The Tin Drum (1979)
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
Overview
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.
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Günter GrassAuthor
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
- Franz Seitz JuniorScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
StatusReleased
Original LanguageGerman
Original titleDie Blechtrommel
Budget$3,000,000.00
Revenue$17,000,000.00
Casts
Mario Adorf
Alfred Matzerath
Angela Winkler
Agnes Matzerath
David Bennent
Oskar Matzerath
Katharina Thalbach
Maria Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski
Jan Bronski
Tina Engel
Young Anna Koljaiczek
Berta Drews
Anna Koljaiczek
Roland Teubner
Joseph Koljaiczek
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Uncle Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
Werner Rehm
Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke
Mother Truczinski
Otto Sander
Meyn
Charles Aznavour
Sigismund Markus
Fritz Hakl
Bebra
Mariella Oliveri
Roswitha
Ernst Jacobi
Löbsack
Henning Schlüter
Dr. Hollatz
Marek Walczewski
Schugger-Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak
Fajngold
Gustaw Holoubek
Priest