The Tin Drum

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

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

as Alfred Matzerath

Angela Winkler

Angela Winkler

as Agnes Matzerath

David Bennent

David Bennent

as Oskar Matzerath

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

as Maria Matzerath

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

as Jan Bronski

Tina Engel

Tina Engel

as Young Anna Koljaiczek

Berta Drews

Berta Drews

as Anna Koljaiczek

Roland Teubner

Roland Teubner

as Joseph Koljaiczek

Tadeusz Kunikowski

Tadeusz Kunikowski

as Uncle Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

as Lina Greff

Reviews

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...

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