The Tin Drum(Movie, 1979)

Name: The Tin Drum
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979
Duration: T02:42:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "Die Blechtrommel" (German/DE)

| 2h 42min | Genres: Drama, History, War

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 189 votes)

The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel) is a 1979 internationally co-production magical realistic dark comedy anti-war film adaptation of Günter Grass' novel of the same name, directed by Volker Schlöndorff from a screenplay co-written by Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Franz Seitz. It stars Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, and Charles Aznavour, with David Bennent in the lead role of Oskar Matzerath, a young boy who willfully arrests his own physical development and remains in the body of a child even as he enters adulthood. A darkly comic war drama with magical rea... ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Tin Drum

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Palme d'Or nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

About The Tin Drum

Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, a boy refuses to grow older after his third birthday.

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Trailer for The Tin Drum + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Tin Drum (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 3:33)

The Tin Drum (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p] (Trailer) | Three Reasons (Featurette) | Die Blechtrommel ≣ 1979 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France, Poland

Shot in: Gdańsk, West Berlin, Zagreb, Paris, Munich, Normandy

Plays in: Gdańsk, Kashubia, Paris, Normandy

Based on the work of: Günter Grass ("The Tin Drum")

Inspired by: Amarcord (movie)

Made by: Argos Films, Artemis Film, Jadran Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Film Polski, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Bioskop-Film GmbH, Auditrust

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Russian (RU)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/11/1980 (World premiere: 05/02/1979)

Appearing Characters: Oskar Matzerath, Alfred Matzerath, Agnes Matzerath, Jan Bronski, Maria Matzerath, Anna Koljaiczek, Joseph Koljaiczek, Vinzent Bronski, Lina Greff, Albrecht Greff, Alexander Scheffler, Gretchen Scheffler, Bebra, Roswitha Raguna, Sigismund Markus, Meyn, Löbsack, Mother Truczinski, Herbert Truczinski, Schugger Leo, Mariusz Fajngold, Felix, Obergefreiter Lankes, Doktor Hollatz, Fräulein Spollenhauer, Hochwürden Wiehnke, Der alte Heilandt, Dr. Michon, Kobyella, Oberleutnant Herzog, Stauer, Susi Kater, Kurt Matzerath, Grigori Rasputin

Cast: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach, Charles Aznavour, Andréa Ferréol, Heinz Bennent, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Ilse Pagé, Käte Jaenicke, Otto Sander, Fritz Hakl, Emil Feist, Marek Walczewski, Ernst Jacobi, Roland Teubner, Henning Schlüter, Wojciech Pszoniak, Bruno Thost, Joachim Hackethal, Helmut Brasch, Zygmunt Hübner, Mieczysław Czechowicz, Ronald Nitschke, Anne Bennent, Lech Grzmociński, Stanisław Michalski, Dietrich Frauboes, Jean-Claude Carrière

Narrator: Oskar Matzerath

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

Producer: Franz Seitz Jr., Anatole Dauman

Screenwriter: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Günter Grass, Franz Seitz Jr.

Film Editor: Suzanne Baron

Director of Photography: Igor Luther

Composer: Maurice Jarre

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"拒绝长大的男孩"

"铁皮鼓"

"锡鼓"

"Le tambour"

"Το Ταμπούρλο"

"양철북"

"De Blikken Trommel"

"Blaszany bębenek"

"O Tambor"

"Blecktrumman"

"錫鼓"

Keywords: new german cinema, suicide, lone wolf, suffocation, toxication, based on novel or book, red army, lolita, kaschubia, puberty, world war ii, nazi, family feud, pregnancy, familys daily life, married couple, germany

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The Tin Drum(Movie, 1979)

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