The Tin Drum

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The Tin Drum

(1979)

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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...

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Volker Schlöndorff

Director, Screenplay
Franz Seitz junior

Screenplay
Günter Grass

Author
Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Mario Adorf

Alfred Matzerath
Angela Winkler

Agnes Matzerath
David Bennent

Oskar Matzerath
Katharina Thalbach

Maria Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski

Jan Bronski

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A review by MoHA

By MoHA

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 and let go of his drum after the Nazi's defeat.

The Tin Drum is based on a celebrated novel by German author Gunter Grass. Director Volker Schlöndorff brings it to life with profound elegance and int... read the rest.

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