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The Tin Drum (1979) [R]

Release Date:
May 2, 1979

Original Title:
Die Blechtrommel

Alternate Titles:
Blaszany bębenek
Blecktrumman
Blikktrommen
De Blikken Trommel
El tambor de hojalata
Le tambour
O Tambor
The Tin Drum
Το Ταμπούρλο
拒绝长大的男孩
錫鼓
铁皮鼓
锡鼓
양철북

Genres:
Drama | History | War

Production Companies:
Argos Films
Artemis Film
Auditrust
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
GGB-14
Hallelujah Films
Jadran Film
Neue Bioskop Film

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Yugoslavia

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 16  FR: U  JP: R18+  KR: 18  NL: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 162

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

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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.

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Art Direction:
Nikos Perakis

Author:
Günter Grass

Director:
Volker Schlöndorff

Director of Photography:
Igor Luther

Editor:
Suzanne Baron

Original Music Composer:
Maurice Jarre

Producer:
Anatole Dauman
Franz Seitz Junior
Eberhard Junkersdorf

Production Design:
Nikos Perakis

Screenplay:
Volker Schlöndorff
Franz Seitz Junior
Jean-Claude Carrière

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