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The Tin Drum
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“A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.”
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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.
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz Junior, Volker Schlöndorff
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Poland
- Release date
- 2 May 1979
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $17,000,000
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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
Uncle Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
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