The Tin Drum

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

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.

Drama History War

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)

Ernst Jacobi

(Löbsack)

Henning Schlüter

(Dr. Hollatz)

Marek Walczewski

(Schugger-Leo)

Wojciech Pszoniak

(Fajngold)

Gustaw Holoubek

(Priest)

Günter Meisner

(Gestapo Agent)