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The Tin Drum

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.

1979 |2h 42m |  Drama, History, War

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Cast

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Mario Adorf

Alfred Matzerath

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Angela Winkler

Agnes Matzerath

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David Bennent

Oskar Matzerath

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Katharina Thalbach

Maria Matzerath

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Daniel Olbrychski

Jan Bronski

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Tina Engel

Young Anna Koljaiczek

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Berta Drews

Anna Koljaiczek

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Andréa Ferréol

Lina Greff

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Heinz Bennent

Greff

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Ilse Pagé

Gretchen Scheffler

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Otto Sander

Meyn

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Charles Aznavour

Sigismund Markus

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Ernst Jacobi

Löbsack

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Henning Schlüter

Dr. Hollatz

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Status

Released

Language

German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

$17,000,000.00