Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. 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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Actor	Otto Sander, David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Katharina Thalbach, Angela Winkler
Director	Volker Schlöndorff
Label	Sony Pictures

Languages	English
Content	Blu-ray
Edition	Criterion Collection
Age rating	from age 15
Publication date	18.01.2021
Genre	Drama

Length	163 minutes
Audio	German (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles	English
Screen	16/9
Year of production	1979
Original title	Die Blechtrommel
Version	UK Version
Region code	B

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Written on 04. March 2005 by simon.

This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Meiner Meinung nach das Beste, was Deutsches Kino zu bieten hat. Buch und Film sind zweierlei. Optisch optimale Umsetzung im Sinn Grass'. Ein cineastisches Meisterwerk, dass Sinn und Unsinn des Deutschlands nachm Krieg wirklich zeigt. Hossa!
Nicht schlecht, aber ...

Written on 07. March 2002 by David.

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Der Film von Volker Schlöndorff ist meiner Meinung nach keine kongeniale Umsetzung des Romans von Günter Grass. Die Spannung und die seltsame Atmosphäre, die mir das Buch vermittelt haben, habe ich im Film schmerzlich vermisst.
Die schauspielerischen Leistungen sind hervorragend genau so wie die Szenerien und Kulissen. Aber diesem Film fehlt die Seele.

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