The Tin Drum .

The Tin Drum

Actors:  David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Angela Winkler, Otto Sander, Daniel Olbrychski, Heinz Bennent Directors:  Volker Schlöndorff

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 c...