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1979 | Color | 160 min

Based on the novel of the same name by Günter Grass, the film tells the story of Oskar, the young son of a family in a rural area of Danzig, who refuses to grow up when he realizes all of the adults around him are miserable. On his third birthday he is given a tin drum, which he beats furiously to combat his feelings of desperation and anger at the rise of the Third Reich. After the Soviet invasion at the end of the war, Oskar decides it is time to grow up.


Country: Alemania
Direction: Schlöndorff; Volker
Script: Seitz; Franz, Carrière; Jean-Claude, Schlöndorff; Volker, Grass; Günter
Production: Prescher; Hans, Junkersdorf; Eberhard, Seitz; Franz
Photography: Luther; Igor
Sound: Beil; Peter, Grundauer; Walter, Kellerhals; Peter
Music: Jarre; Maurice
Cast:Adorf; Mario, Winkler; Angela, Bennent; David, Thalbach; Katharina, Olbrychski; Daniel, Bennent; Heinz, Ferréol; Andréa, Aznavour; Charles
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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