The Tin Drum
(1979)
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The Tin Drum
(1979)
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Mario Adorf | ... |
Alfred Matzerath
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Angela Winkler | ... |
Agnes Matzerath
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| David Bennent | ... |
Oskar Matzerath
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Katharina Thalbach | ... |
Maria Matzerath
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| Daniel Olbrychski | ... |
Jan Bronski
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Tina Engel | ... |
Anna Koljaiczek (jung)
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Berta Drews | ... |
Anna Koljaiczek
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Roland Teubner | ... |
Joseph Koljaiczek
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Tadeusz Kunikowski | ... |
Onkel Vinzenz
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Andréa Ferréol | ... |
Lina Greff
(as Andréa Ferreol)
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Heinz Bennent | ... |
Greff
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Ilse Pagé | ... |
Gretchen Scheffler
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Werner Rehm | ... |
Scheffler
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Käte Jaenicke | ... |
Mutter Truczinski
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Helmut Brasch | ... |
Der Alte Heilandt
(as Helmuth Brasch)
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Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However, (almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on... Written by Anonymous
Die Blechtrommel, based on the highly acclaimed German novel by the same name. Oscar is 3 years old. For his birthday he gets a tin drum. He sees how grown ups act, (this is during the rise of the Nazi Party) and he decides to stop growing.
The film is filled with moral ethics and symbolism. The tin drum Oscar always drums on is a symbol of his protest against the cruelty that grown ups create, not to mention the rise of Nazism. Die Blechtrommel even has large scenes that are only for symbolism. It is probably one of the most important German films since WW2. Somehow, the German make the best films that decipher Nazism and WW2 (like Stalingrad and the new Der Untergang) which very clearly shows their self awareness. I think Die Blechtrommel is one of the finest examples of this.
It is often quite absurd this film, one of the most memorable scenes is when Oscar watches a Nazi rally. As an officer is marching through the crowd, the orchestra is playing a march. Oscar starts playing his drum, and make all the musicians play false, and after a while they all start to play "An der Schönen blauen Donau" and the crowd starts to dance.
Die Blechtrommel is one of the most memorable films ever, whet ever you liked it or not. Some scenes are very sick, and i do not encourage people who don't have a stomach for strong films to see this. For other film lovers though, this is one of the greatest films ever.