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