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.
Cast
Mario Adorf
Alfred Matzerath
Angela Winkler
Agnes Matzerath
David Bennent
Oskar Matzerath
Katharina Thalbach
Maria Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski
Jan Bronski
Tina Engel
Young Anna Koljaiczek
Berta Drews
Anna Koljaiczek
Roland Teubner
Joseph Koljaiczek
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Uncle Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
Werner Rehm
Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke
Mother Truczinski
Otto Sander
Meyn
Charles Aznavour
Sigismund Markus
Fritz Hakl
Bebra
Mariella Oliveri
Roswitha
Ernst Jacobi
Löbsack
Henning Schlüter
Dr. Hollatz
Marek Walczewski
Schugger-Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak
Fajngold
Gustaw Holoubek
Priest
Günter Meisner
Gestapo Agent
Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Screenplay
Günter Grass
Author
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Franz Seitz Junior
Screenplay, Producer
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer
Nikos Perakis
Production Design, Art Direction
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
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