The Tin Drum
Die Blechtrommel
Drama
History
War
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
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.
1979-05-02
de
Cast
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf as Alfred Matzerath
Angela Winkler as Agnes Matzerath
David Bennent as Oskar Matzerath
Katharina Thalbach as Maria Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski as Jan Bronski
Tina Engel as Young Anna Koljaiczek
Berta Drews as Anna Koljaiczek
Andréa Ferréol as Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent as Greff
Ilse Pagé as Gretchen Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke as Mother Truczinski
Otto Sander as Meyn
Charles Aznavour as Sigismund Markus
Ernst Jacobi as Löbsack
Henning Schlüter as Dr. Hollatz
Marek Walczewski as Schugger-Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak as Fajngold
Gustaw Holoubek as Priest
Günter Meisner as Gestapo Agent