THE TIN DRUM (1979)

 




















Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Based on the novel by: Gunter Grass
Starring: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Charles Aznavour, Berta Drews, Tina Engel, Heinz Bennent, Ernst Jacobi, Andrea Ferreol, Roland Teubner, Ilse Page, Werner Rehm, Kate Jaenicke, Helmut Brasch, Otto Sander, Wigand Witting, Mariella Oliveri, Fritz Hakl, Marek Walczewski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerda Blisse, Henning Schluter, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Jean-Claude Carriere, Gunter Meisner

162 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity)
Country of origin: Germany

PLOT:
The Free City of Danzig, 1927. At three, precocious toddler Oskar Matzerath makes a conscious decision that would shape his life forever: deliberately stop growing until he gets a lacquered red-and-white tin drum. During Nazi Germany's rise to power, Oskar's life takes a dramatic turn as he tries to navigate through adolescence and adulthood, scarred forever by his mother's clandestine affair. But despite his small size, Oskar takes a stand against the cruelty and senseless violence he witnesses around him with his loud metallic instrument. However, a dark era is fast approaching, and young Oskar is fighting a losing battle. Can one unusual lad be the voice of reason in the grown-ups' frightening and absurd world?