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The Tin Drum (1979)

The Tin Drum (1979)

Drama History War

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

Release Date: 1979, May 2
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff
Countries: Germany, France, Yugoslavia
Production: Jadran Film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Neue Bioskop Film, Auditrust, Taurus Film
Cast: Günter Meisner, Heinz Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Roland Teubner, Tadeusz Kunikowski, Andréa Ferréol

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 coming of age world war ii 1940s suicide adultery pregnancy 1930s dark comedy dwarf married couple nazi 1920s germany family's daily life circus puberty red army war drama lone wolf hitler youth lolita new german cinema gdansk, poland toxication suffocation kaschubia synagogue family feud prenatal invasion of normandy