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The Tin Drum

Original title: Die Blechtrommel

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

1979 · R · 2h 42m

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

7.0

TMDB audience score
566 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Mario Adorf
    Alfred Matzerath

  • Angela Winkler
    Agnes Matzerath

  • David Bennent
    Oskar Matzerath

  • Katharina Thalbach
    Maria Matzerath

  • Daniel Olbrychski
    Jan Bronski

  • Tina Engel
    Young Anna Koljaiczek

  • Berta Drews
    Anna Koljaiczek

  • Roland Teubner
    Joseph Koljaiczek

  • Tadeusz Kunikowski
    Uncle Vinzenz

  • Andréa Ferréol
    Lina Greff

  • Heinz Bennent
    Greff

  • Ilse Pagé
    Gretchen Scheffler

  • Werner Rehm
    Scheffler

  • Käte Jaenicke
    Mother Truczinski

  • Otto Sander
    Meyn

  • Charles Aznavour
    Sigismund Markus

  • Fritz Hakl
    Bebra

  • Mariella Oliveri
    Roswitha