Cinema Partenio | at 3.30pm
Directed by:Volker Schlöndorff
Starring: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent
Year: 1979
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Running Time: 142’
Produced by: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Argos Films, with the co-production of Film Polski, Jadran Film
Distributed by: United Artists Europa
Plot:Oskar is an unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, he vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.