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A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.


“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.

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
The Tin Drum is a drama, history, war film released in 1979 exploring themes of puberty, adultery, lolita, suicide, based on novel or book, nazi. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, it stars Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent. 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.
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