The Tin Drum (1979)
Released:
1979-05-02
Duration:
2hr 42min
Rating 6.9
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.
Production Companies
Jadran Film
Artemis Film
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Argos Films
Hallelujah Films
GGB-14
Neue Bioskop Film
Auditrust
Additional Info
Budget | $3,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $17,000,000.00 |
Original Language | de |
Popularity | 22.096 |
Directed By
Volker Schlöndorff
Crew
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière
Author
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
Producer
Anatole Dauman
Anatole Dauman
Original Music Composer
Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
Director of Photography
Igor Luther
Igor Luther
Editor
Suzanne Baron
Suzanne Baron
Screenplay
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Producer
Franz Seitz Junior
Franz Seitz Junior
Screenplay
Franz Seitz Junior
Franz Seitz Junior
Art Direction
Nikos Perakis
Nikos Perakis
Production Design
Nikos Perakis
Nikos Perakis
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Eberhard Junkersdorf
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
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Onkel Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
Werner Rehm
Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke
Mutter Truczinski
Otto Sander
Meyn
Charles Aznavour
Sigismund Markus
Fritz Hakl
Bebra
Mariella Oliveri
Roswitha
Ernst Jacobi
Löbsack
Henning Schlüter
Dr. Hollatz