A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
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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- MoHAon TMDB · May 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 intellectual humor. Made in 1979, in the middle of the German film renaissance, The Tin Drum pokes fun at the Nazi regime and at the same time presents an unforgettable and often hilarious story. The movie begins in the late 19th century when Oskar's grandmother helps his grandfather to escape German soldiers by letting him hide under her skirt. It is also where Oskar's mother Agnes (Angela Winkler) is conceived. Agnes grows up during the First World War and marries a man named Alfred Matzerath (Mario Adorf). She begins to have an affair with her cousin Jan Bronski, while Oskar slowly becomes aware of
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Cast
- Mario AdorfAlfred Matzerath
- Angela WinklerAgnes Matzerath
- David BennentOskar Matzerath
- Katharina ThalbachMaria Matzerath
- Daniel OlbrychskiJan Bronski
- Tina EngelYoung Anna Koljaiczek
- Berta DrewsAnna Koljaiczek
- Roland TeubnerJoseph Koljaiczek
- Tadeusz KunikowskiUncle Vinzenz
- Andréa FerréolLina Greff
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- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
- Franz Seitz JuniorScreenplay
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Igor LutherDirector of Photography
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Suzanne BaronEditor
- Anatole DaumanProducer
- Franz Seitz JuniorProducer
- Eberhard JunkersdorfProducer
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