The Tin Drum (1979)

Drama
History
War

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.

Cast

Alfred Matzerath
Agnes Matzerath
Gretchen Scheffler
Scheffler
Mother Truczinski
Sigismund Markus
Oskar Matzerath
Schugger-Leo
Maria Matzerath
Young Anna Koljaiczek
Anna Koljaiczek
Joseph Koljaiczek

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Production Design