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.
as Alfred Matzerath
as Agnes Matzerath
as Oskar Matzerath
as Maria Matzerath
as Jan Bronski
as Young Anna Koljaiczek
as Anna Koljaiczek
as Joseph Koljaiczek
as Uncle Vinzenz
as Lina Greff
as Greff
as Gretchen Scheffler
as Scheffler
as Mother Truczinski
as Meyn
as Sigismund Markus
as Bebra
as Roswitha
as Löbsack
as Dr. Hollatz
as Schugger-Leo
as Fajngold
as Priest
as Gestapo Agent
