Ratings

TMDB Rating 7
IMDB Rating 7.6
RottenTomatoes Rating 79%

Financials

Revenue: $17,000,000

Budget: $3,000,000

Profit: + $14,000,000


Movie Details

Tag Line: A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: May 2, 1979

Rating: R

Run Time: 2h 42m

Original Language: German

Website: -

Production Countries: France , Germany , Yugoslavia

Production Companies: Jadran Film , Artemis Film , Franz Seitz Filmproduktion , Argos Films , Hallelujah Films , GGB-14 , Neue Bioskop Film , Auditrust


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Alfred Matzerath

Age : 93 | Popularity : 7%

Angela Winkler

Angela Winkler

Agnes Matzerath

Age : 80 | Popularity : 14%

David Bennent

David Bennent

Oskar Matzerath

Age : 57 | Popularity : 14%

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

Maria Matzerath

Age : 70 | Popularity : 10%

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Jan Bronski

Age : 79 | Popularity : 9%

Tina Engel

Tina Engel

Young Anna Koljaiczek

Age : 73 | Popularity : 11%

Berta Drews

Berta Drews

Anna Koljaiczek

Age : 86 | Popularity : 7%

Roland Teubner

Roland Teubner

Joseph Koljaiczek

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Production Producer
Anatole Dauman
Anatole Dauman
Franz Seitz Junior
Franz Seitz Junior
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Sound Original Music Composer
Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
Editing Editor
Suzanne Baron
Suzanne Baron
Writing Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Franz Seitz Junior
Franz Seitz Junior
Author
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
Directing Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Camera Director of Photography
Igor Luther
Igor Luther
Art Production Design
Nikos Perakis
Nikos Perakis
Art Direction
Nikos Perakis
Nikos Perakis
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