
162 minutes
5/2/1979
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.

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
Roland Teubner
as Joseph Koljaiczek
Tadeusz Kunikowski
as Uncle Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol
as Lina Greff

Heinz Bennent
as Greff

Ilse Pagé
as Gretchen Scheffler
Werner Rehm
as Scheffler

Käte Jaenicke
as Mother Truczinski

Otto Sander
as Meyn

Charles Aznavour
as Sigismund Markus
Fritz Hakl
as Bebra
Mariella Oliveri
as Roswitha

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