The Tin Drum
Die Blechtrommel
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
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.
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $17,000,000
- Production
- Jadran Film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Neue Bioskop Film, Auditrust, Taurus Film
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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
Andréa Ferréol
Lina Greff
Heinz Bennent
Greff
Ilse Pagé
Gretchen Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke
Mother Truczinski
Otto Sander
Meyn
Charles Aznavour
Sigismund Markus
Ernst Jacobi
Löbsack
Henning Schlüter
Dr. Hollatz
Marek Walczewski
Schugger-Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak
Fajngold
Gustaw Holoubek
Priest
Günter Meisner
Gestapo Agent
Crew
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Cinematography
- Igor Luther
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
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MoHA
May 1, 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 Ger…