Genres
Production Companies
Artemis Film
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Argos films
Hallelujah Films
GGB-14
Neue Bioskop Film
Auditrust
Taurus Film
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel)
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Igor Luther
Screenplay: Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz Jr., Jean-Claude Carrière
Producer: Anatole Dauman, Franz Seitz Jr., Eberhard Junkersdorf
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Top 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
Videos
The Tin Drum (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
