A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
Original title
Die Blechtrommel
Released
5/2/1979
Origin country
FR, DE, YU
Genre
Drama, History, War
Production companies
Jadran Film, Neue Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Argos films, Taurus Film, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Auditrust
Budget
$3,000,000.00
Revenue
$17,000,000.00
Runtime
2hr 42min
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.
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