The Tin Drum (1980)

04/11/1980 2h 42m

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Mario Adorf

as Alfred Matzerath

Born 09/08/1930, age

Angela Winkler

as Agnes Matzerath

Born 01/22/1944, age

David Bennent

as Oskar Matzerath

Born 09/09/1966, age

Daniel Olbrychski

as Jan Bronski

Born 02/27/1945, age

Andréa Ferréol

as Lina Greff

Born 01/06/1947, age

Heinz Bennent

as Greff

Born 07/18/1921

Died 10/12/2011, age

Otto Sander

as Meyn

Born 06/30/1941

Died 09/12/2013, age

Charles Aznavour

as Sigismund Markus

Born 05/22/1924

Died 10/01/2018, age