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The Tin Drum( 1979)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mario Adorf

      Alfred Matzerath

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      Angela Winkler

      Agnes Matzerath

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      David Bennent

      Oskar Matzerath

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      Katharina Thalbach

      Maria Matzerath

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      Daniel Olbrychski

      Jan Bronski

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      Tina Engel

      Young Anna Koljaiczek

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      Berta Drews

      Anna Koljaiczek

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      Roland Teubner

      Joseph Koljaiczek

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      Tadeusz Kunikowski

      Onkel Vinzenz

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      Andréa Ferréol

      Lina Greff

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      Heinz Bennent

      Greff

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      Ilse Pagé

      Gretchen Scheffler

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      Werner Rehm

      Scheffler

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      Käte Jaenicke

      Mutter Truczinski

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      Otto Sander

      Meyn

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      Charles Aznavour

      Sigismund Markus

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      Fritz Hakl

      Bebra

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      Mariella Oliveri

      Roswitha

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      Ernst Jacobi

      Löbsack

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      Henning Schlüter

      Dr. Hollatz

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    A review by MoHA

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    Written by MoHA on Fri May 01 2015
    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 int...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    17000000.00

    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