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

Tina Engel

(Young Anna Koljaiczek)

Berta Drews

(Anna Koljaiczek)

Roland Teubner

(Joseph Koljaiczek)

Tadeusz Kunikowski

(Uncle Vinzenz)

Andréa Ferréol

Heinz Bennent

Ilse Pagé

(Gretchen Scheffler)

Werner Rehm

Käte Jaenicke

(Mother Truczinski)

Otto Sander

Charles Aznavour

(Sigismund Markus)

Fritz Hakl

Mariella Oliveri

Ernst Jacobi

Henning Schlüter

Marek Walczewski

Wojciech Pszoniak

Gustaw Holoubek

Günter Meisner

(Gestapo Agent)

Helmut Brasch

(Der alte Heilandt)

Wigand Witting

(Herbert Truczinski)

Emil Feist

Herbert Behrendt

Karl Heinz Tittelbach

Gerda Blisse

(Frl. Spollenhauer)

Joachim Hackethal

(Hochwürden Wienke)

Zygmunt Hübn

Mieczysław Czechowicz

Bruno Thost

(Obergefreiter Lankes)

Alexander von Richthofen

(Private Herzog)

Lech Grzmociński

Stanisław Michalski

J. Kapinski

Dietrich Frauboes

Anne Bennent

(Mädchen auf Beerdigungsfeier)

Jean-Claude Carrière

Horst Gentzen

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Beata Pozniak

Lutz Riedel

Raphaël Vogt

Herbert Weißbach