Overview
Plot
Born in 1924 in the Free City of Danzig, Oskar Matzerath stops growing at age three after a fall down a flight of stairs. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
- Directors
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast
- Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Roland Teubner, Tadeusz Kunikowski, Andréa Ferréol, Heinz Bennent, Ilse Pagé, Werner Rehm, Käte Jaenicke, Otto Sander, Charles Aznavour, Fritz Hakl, Mariella Oliveri, Ernst Jacobi, Henning Schlüter
- Country
- France, Germany, Poland
- Genre
- Drama, History, War
- Release date
- 1979-05-02
- Studios
- Jadran film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Neue Bioskop Film, Auditrust, Taurus Film
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Oskar Matzerath is born in 1924 in the Free City of Danzig. At the age of three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. The story reaches 1939, when World War II breaks out.
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