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The Tin Drum

Name: The Tin Drum
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-05-02
Duration: 162 min
Rating: 6.956

★ 7,0 /10 (540 Votes)

1979 DE 162 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

02/05/1979

Votes

540

Popularity

6.5

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

Genres

Drama History War

Status

Released

Original title

Die Blechtrommel

Language

Runtime

162 min

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$17,000,000

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

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Roland Teubner

Joseph Koljaiczek

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Tadeusz Kunikowski

Uncle Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol

Lina Greff

Heinz Bennent

Greff

Ilse Pagé

Gretchen Scheffler

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Werner Rehm

Scheffler

Käte Jaenicke

Mother Truczinski

Otto Sander

Meyn

Charles Aznavour

Sigismund Markus

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Fritz Hakl

Bebra

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Mariella Oliveri

Roswitha

Ernst Jacobi

Löbsack

Henning Schlüter

Dr. Hollatz

Marek Walczewski

Schugger-Leo

Wojciech Pszoniak

Fajngold

Gustaw Holoubek

Priest

Günter Meisner

Gestapo Agent

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A smart movie powered by David Bennent's performance Oskar is a young man in World War II Germany who refuses to grow up when he was three years old. He deliberately let himself fall on a stair to injure himself and stop his growth. Oskar's refusal to grow and release his tin drum is an obvious metaphor about refusing the Nazi regime. This is made more obvious since he finally decided to grow and let go of his drum after the Nazi's defeat. The Tin Drum is based on a celebrated novel by German author Gunter Grass. Director Volker Schlöndorff brings it to life with profound elegance and in…

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