The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

Sinopse

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.

  • 6.9
  • 1979
  • Released
  • 2h 42m
Status

Released

Original Language

de

Budget

$3,000,000.00

Revenue

$17,000,000.00

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

Reviews

M
@merenabeover 10 years ago

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 a

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