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A German chef, Agnes's husband, and Oskar's presumed father. He largely ignores Agnes's affair with Jan, runs a shop, joins the Nazi Party, and is killed while hiding from approaching Russian soldiers...
A half-Polish Kashubian woman married to Alfred and the mother of Oskar. She has an affair with Jan, becomes distressed over a possible pregnancy, and dies after severe emotional and physical strain.
The film's central character and unreliable narrator. After receiving a tin drum on his third birthday, he stops growing and develops a voice that can shatter glass. He uses drumming and this ability...
A sixteen-year-old German girl hired to work in Alfred's shop. Oskar seduces her, and she later gives birth to a son whom Oskar believes is his. She eventually leaves Danzig with Oskar and the child.
A Polish Post Office worker, Agnes's cousin, and her lover. He is involved in the defense of the Polish Post Office during the Nazi invasion, is wounded and arrested, and is later executed.
A young woman whose skirts shelter Joseph while soldiers search for him. Joseph has sex with her beneath the skirts, and she later gives birth to Agnes.
Agnes's mother and Oskar's grandmother. She helps reveal Agnes's anxiety about the possible parentage of her pregnancy and remains in Poland after Oskar, Maria, and the child leave for Germany.
A petty criminal in rural Kashubia who hides from authorities beneath a young woman's skirts and fathers Agnes. After evading capture for a year, he jumps into a lake and disappears.
The wife of the local grocer and scoutmaster. She has a brief sexual relationship with Oskar and later hides with Oskar's family during the Russian advance, where she is attacked by soldiers.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
After Alfred's death, Fajngold takes over Alfred's shop and arranges a modest funeral for him.
Oskar meets Roswitha in Bebra's troupe, and the two have an affair while touring.
At Agnes's funeral, the plot reveals that Markus was also in love with Agnes.
Sigismund Markus is the kindly Jewish toy seller who supplies Oskar with replacement drums.
Oskar has a brief sexual relationship with Lina Greff, whose husband prefers spending time with Hitler Youth boys.
Lina is identified as Greff's wife, and Greff is the local grocer and scoutmaster.
Oskar seduces Maria and later has a sexual relationship with her; he believes her child is his.
Alfred hires Maria, a sixteen-year-old German girl, to work in his shop.
Oskar believes he is Jan's son because Agnes has an affair with Jan during the relevant period.
Agnes is married to Alfred when Oskar is born, while Oskar's biological parentage remains uncertain.
Oskar is presented as Agnes's son, while he believes his biological father may be Jan.
Agnes secretly carries on an affair with Jan, who is both Alfred's friend and her cousin.
Agnes is married to Alfred Matzerath, a German chef.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Oskar befriends Bebra at the circus and later meets him again during the war.
The plot states that Alfred and Jan are friends, even though Jan is having an affair with Alfred's wife.
An unreliable narrator uses arrested growth, drumming, and destructive vision to confront family guilt, war, and historical violence.
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
The Tin Drum (1979) · 7/10 · drama, history, war
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