

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
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
Volker Schlöndorff
Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz Junior
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