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The Tin Drum

“A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.”

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Year
1979
Runtime
2h 42m
Rated
R
Release
1979
Language
de
Country
FR · DE · YU

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #synagogue
  • #dwarf
  • #puberty
  • #1930s
  • #lone wolf
  • #1940s
  • #kaschubia
  • #based on novel or book
  • #1920s
  • #family's daily life
  • #lolita
  • #married couple

  • Directed by

    Volker Schlöndorff

  • Written by

    Jean-Claude Carrière & Volker Schlöndorff & Franz Seitz Junior

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