The Tin Drum (1979)
02/05/1979
Drama, History, War
2h 42m
- 69% (494 votes)
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A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
Overview
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector, Screenplay
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Franz Seitz Jr.Screenplay
Original Title
Die Blechtrommel
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$17,000,000
Keywords
- puberty
- adultery
- lolita
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- dwarf
- gdansk, poland
- circus
- toxication
- germany
- married couple
- pregnancy
- world war ii
- family's daily life
- dark comedy
- suffocation
- lone wolf
- kaschubia
- synagogue
- hitler youth
- coming of age
- family feud
- red army
- prenatal
- 1920s
- 1940s
- new german cinema
- 1930s
- invasion of normandy
- war drama
Top Billed Cast
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
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