THE TIN DRUM

| 1979 – 162′ – A Germany/France Co-Production. Drama, War, Classic, Films & Literature, Period & History, Co-Produced by France.
Written by: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Günter Grass, Franz Seitz.
Based on the Book by: Günter Grass.
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff.
Starring: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Charles Aznavour, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel, Berta Drews.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1979 (Co-Winner Palme d’or with Apocalypse Now). Academy Award Winning for Best Foreign Language Film (1980).
In German with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

Volker Schlöndorff’s surreal and satirical feature–an Academy Award-winning adaptation of Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel–centers on Oskar, born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks.

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