The Tin Drum
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
19792h 42mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- War
- History
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 1940s
- dwarf
- nazi
- world war ii
- coming of age
- 1920s
- dark comedy
- 1930s
- suicide
- poland
- pregnancy
- married couple
- circus
- adultery
- germany
- hitler youth
- puberty
- family's daily life
- lone wolf
- suffocation
- red army
- family feud
- lolita
- new german cinema
- synagogue
- toxication
- gdansk
- kaschubia
- prenatal
- invasion of normandy
- war drama
- gdansk, poland
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 2, 1979
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian
- Countries
- Germany, France, Poland
- Production
- Taurus Film,Argos Films,Neue Bioskop Film,Artemis Film,Jadran Film,Franz Seitz Filmproduktion,Film Polski,Hallelujah Films,GGB-14,Auditrust,Argos films
- Cast
- Mario Adorf,Angela Winkler,David Bennent,Katharina Thalbach,Daniel Olbrychski,Tina Engel,Berta Drews,Roland Teubner,Tadeusz Kunikowski,Andréa Ferréoland 14 more
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Cinematography
- Igor Luther
- Music
- Maurice Jarre
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $17,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0078875