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