162 minutes
5/2/1979
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.
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