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The Tin Drum

Summary: 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.

Release Date: April 11, 1980

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

Writers: Günter Grass

, Jean-Claude Carrière

, Volker Schlöndorff

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: R

Production: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Hallelujah Films, GGB-14, Argos Films, Jadran Film, Film Polski

Distributor: New World Pictures, The Criterion Collection

Countries: France, Poland, West Germany

Language: German

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1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 20th century literature on screen accordion air raid applause apple audience autograph baby baby carriage baker band banned film banned in usa baptism bare breasts bare butt bare chested male barn based on novel beach bed bell tower bicycle birth birthday birthday cake birthday party blackboard blood bomb boots boy bra breaking a glass with voice building card tower bullet bullying burial burning a photograph cake camel candle cannon card tower cat cellar cemetery central europe chalk changing room character's point of view camera shot chase cheating wife chicken child nudity childhood chocolate circus circus act circus tent clown clown makeup coffee coffin confessional controversy cook cooking corpse coughing cousin cousin relationship crying cunnilingus dancer dancing danzig dead body death death of daughter death of father death of mother death of wife defeat of nazis diving doctor dressing room drink drowning drum drummer electric train european literature on screen explosion extramarital affair falling down stairs fast motion scene fear female frontal nudity female full frontal nudity female nudity female pubic hair fight fire first day at primary school first day at school first day in school first day of school fisherman flamethrower flowers flute food forced to watch rape free city of danzig friend friendship frog full frontal female nudity full frontal nudity funeral german literature on screen german soldier germany giving birth glasses as a xylophone gnome goose grandfather clock grave gun harmonica helmet hiding hiding in a closet hiding under a table horse husband wife relationship infidelity invading army juggler kashubia poland kicking kiss listening to a radio literature on screen little person llama loss of father loss of lover loss of mother love magic show male nudity male rear nudity map medical examination medicine microphone money mother son relationship motorcycle motorcycle with a sidecar mud murder murder of father nazi nazi rally nazi uniform nazism new german cinema newspaper nudity nutmeg older man younger woman relationship one ring circus oral sex orphan paper hat parade paris france peace photograph pianist piano picnic poland political rally politics post office prayer praying prisoner prisoner of war pubic hair rabbit radio rain rake rape reading reference to adolf hitler religion religious painting religious statue ringmaster rise of fascism river rocking horse running russian soldier sand santa claus scissors scream shatters glass sex scene sexual intercourse shot to death siege singer singing sitting under a table skinning rabbit skipping slow motion scene slow motion shot smoke snow snowing song speech stage production stairs street life street market student stunted growth subjective camera surrogate uncle swastika teacher tent timeframe 1890s timeframe 1900s timeframe 1910s timeframe 1920s timeframe 1930s timeframe 1940s tom thumb torchlight parade toy toy drum toy store train truck trumpet tryst umbrella uncle nephew relationship unicycle violence voice over narration vomiting waltz whistle world war one world war two wreath writing year 1899 year 1927 year 1939

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