The Tin Drum
“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.
Genres
Drama, History, War
Studio
Jadran Film
Language
de
Status
Released
How The Tin Drum performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$17.0M
Gross Profit
$14.0M
Return
5.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Alfred Matzerath
Mario Adorf
Alfred Matzerath
Agnes Matzerath
Angela Winkler
Agnes Matzerath
Oskar Matzerath
David Bennent
Oskar Matzerath
Maria Matzerath
Katharina Thalbach
Maria Matzerath
Jan Bronski
Daniel Olbrychski
Jan Bronski
Young Anna Koljaiczek
Tina Engel
Young Anna Koljaiczek
Anna Koljaiczek
Berta Drews
Anna Koljaiczek
Joseph Koljaiczek
Roland Teubner
Joseph Koljaiczek
Uncle Vinzenz
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Uncle Vinzenz
Lina Greff
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Gretchen Scheffler
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
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