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
MoHA
A smart movie powered by David Bennent's performance Oskar is a young man in World War II Germany who refuses to grow up when he was three years old. He deliberately let himself fall on a stair to injure himself and stop his growth. Oskar's refusal to grow and release his tin drum is an obvious m...