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