"A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos."
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.
Alfred Matzerath

Agnes Matzerath

Oskar Matzerath

Maria Matzerath

Jan Bronski

Young Anna Koljaiczek

Anna Koljaiczek

Joseph Koljaiczek
Uncle Vinzenz
Lina Greff

Greff

Gretchen Scheffler

Scheffler
Mother Truczinski

Meyn

Sigismund Markus

Bebra
Roswitha
Löbsack

Dr. Hollatz

Schugger-Leo

Fajngold

Priest
