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Blechtrommel, Die (1979)

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User Rating: 7.6/10 (5,900 votes)
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Overview

Writers:
Jean-Claude Carrière (writer)
Günter Grass (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
11 April 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos. [Video Australia] more
Plot:
Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A haunting movie ... more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mario Adorf ... Matzerath
Angela Winkler ... Agnes Matzerath
David Bennent ... Oskar
Katharina Thalbach ... Maria Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski ... Jan Bronski
Tina Engel ... Anna Koljaiczek (jung)
Berta Drews ... Anna Koljaiczek
Roland Teubner ... Joseph Koljaiczek
Tadeusz Kunikowski ... Onkel Vinzenz
Andréa Ferréol ... Lina Greff (as Andréa Ferreol)
Heinz Bennent ... Greff
Ilse Pagé ... Gretchen Scheffler
Werner Rehm ... Scheffler
Käte Jaenicke ... Mutter Truczinski
Helmut Brasch ... Der Alte Heilandt (as Helmuth Brasch)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blaszany bebenek (Poland)
Limeni dobos (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
Tambour, Le (France)
The Tin Drum (USA)
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Runtime:
142 min
Color:
Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:R (original rating) | Australia:MA (re-rating) (2007) | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1994) (cut) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:R | West Germany:16 (bw)
Filming Locations:
Calvados, France more
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Company:
Argos Films more

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Trivia:
Also banned in parts of Canada for its depiction of underage sexuality. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Oskar and Maria are at the beach, a modern day cargo ship is clearly visible in the background, although this movie is set around 1937. more
Quotes:
Bebra: You must join us, you must!
Oskar Matzerath: You know, Mr. Bebra... to tell the truth, I prefer to be a member of the audience, and let my little art flower in secret.
Bebra: My dear Oskar, trust an experienced colleague. Our kind must never sit in the audience. Our kind must perform and run the show, or the others will run *us*. The others are coming. They will occupy the fairgrounds, they will stage torchlight parades, build rostrums, fill the rostrums, and from those rostrums preach our destruction.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Blechtrommel - Erinnerungen von Volker Schlöndorff, Die (2001) (V) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A haunting movie ..., 22 February 2004
8/10
Author: Brent (beam_er) from California

I saw this flick many years ago, and there are images from this movie I shall probably take with me to the grave.

Things I saw in this movie that vividly stuck in my brain are such things as a huge eel being pulled out of a severed horses head that was just dragged from the sea on a rope, a soldier having carnal knowledge with a lady in the middle of a field while being hunted by another soldier, a young boy spitting into a hand of a young girl ...

And I could go on. This movie I found to be extremely unique and varied in many ways. I don't know that I can really recommend this movie all in all, but if you do watch it, be prepared for a very unique experience film wise.

Beamer

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