Film
In 1979 a film adaptation appeared by Volker Schlöndorff. It covers only Books One and Two, concluding at the end of the war. It shared the 1979 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or with Apocalypse Now. It also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of 1979 at the 1980 Academy Awards.
Radio
In 1996 a radio dramatisation starring Phil Daniels was broadcast by BBC Radio 4.[5] Adapted by Mike Walker, it won the British Writers Guild award for best dramatisation.[6]
Theatre
The Kneehigh Theatre company performed an adaption of the novel in 2017 at the Everyman Theatre located in Liverpool.[7] The production features the story from Oskar's birth through the war, ending with Oskar marrying Maria.
