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.

• DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
• Release2 May 1979
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 42m
• Budget$3,000,000
• Revenue$17,000,000
• Rate
  

  6.94
  513 reviews
• Productions

  Jadran Film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Neue Bioskop Film, Auditrust, Taurus Film