| Description |
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 234.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. or Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Language |
In German with optional yellow English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski. |
| Credits |
Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. |
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Based on: Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, 1979: Best foreign language film. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
Videodisc exclusive features: new digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by director Volker Schlöndorff; Maurice Jarre's score isolated on analog track 2. On disc two: rare deleted scenes, featuring commentary by Schlöndorff; Volker Schlöndorff remembers The tin drum, a montage featuring Schlöndorff's thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards and images not included in the final film; video interviews with Schlöndorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; "The platform" : a rare 1987 recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel Die Blechtrommel, accompanied by the music of percussionist, Günter "Baby" Sommer; Reprinted excerpt from the original screenplay's unfilmed ending; Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit involving The tin drum; production sketches, designs, and promotional art; original theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
Chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, 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. |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Grass, Günter, 1927- -- Television adaptations.
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Grass, Günter, 1927- -- Film adaptations.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (GERMAN), VIDEODISCS.
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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1979.
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| Genre |
Feature films Germany.
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| Added Author |
Adorf, Mario.
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Winkler, Angela, 1944-
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Bennent, David.
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Thalbach, Katharina, 1954-
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Olbrychski, Daniel.
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Luther, Igor.
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Baron, Suzanne.
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Jarre, Maurice.
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Meyer, Friedrich.
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Insdorf, Annette.
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Grass, Günter, 1927-2015.
Blechtrommel.
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Janus Films.
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Franz Seitz Film.
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Bioskop-Film.
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Artemis Film (Firm)
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Hallelujah-Film.
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GGB 14.KG.
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Argos Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Tin drum |
| ISBN |
0780027973 |
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9780780027978 |
| Standard No. |
037429187128 |
| Music No. |
TIN020 Criterion Collection |
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