The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

  • Director: Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writer: Günter Grass,Jean-Claude Carrière,Volker Schlöndor
  • Countries of origin: West Germany, France, Poland
  • Language: German, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Latin
  • Release date: April 11, 1980
  • Also known as: Limeni dobos
  • "Blechtrommel, Die" is the first adaptation of Günter Grass 's novel of the same name " Danzig Trilogy ", directed by German director Volker Schlöndorff . It tells the story of Oscars 's personal revolt against his parents, National Socialist German Workers' Party , Uncle , and lover when he saw the ugliness of the adult world when he was three years old, and determined to refuse to grow up.
    The film won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Oscars and the Palme d'Or at the 32nd International Cannes Film Festival. 

    Details

    • Release date April 11, 1980
    • Filming locations Wedding, Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $6,881

    Movie reviews

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    • By Maybell 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      A messy world, tangled relationships

      The little boy killed everyone? He doesn't want to grow up, but who will take responsibility for life? Mother? uncle? What about responsibility for war?

      There is absolutely no way to calm my heart, one is because of the plot of the movie. Knowing that movies are not simply about personal growth, family responsibilities, relationship between men and women, dwarfs and people, the movies recommended by Dai Ye must talk about society and culture. Just had no idea what this movie mapped...

    • By Madelyn 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      "The Tin Drum" - The boy's drum was thrown in the cemetery

      This old 1979 film is based on Gunter Glass' novel of the same name. To say that director Walker Chicken Thief saw this book, it is not wrong to be Glass's Bole, but I think if he knew in advance that Glass would win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999, the film should not be in the 80s. It was released in 2018. After all, this work was called "one of the most important works of world literature after World War II" when the Nobel Prize was awarded.

      Glass's writing style is...

    • By Camilla 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Magical reality

      It's a poignant film that also tells a story of coming-of-age, war, childhood, nation, Nazis, marriage, and more. It can be said that from a child's eyes, it is projected that during the Second World War, Eastern Europe was a place where ethnic groups were mixed, and the social world was in a cool and cold state. The ugliness of the adult world. The whole film uses a darker tone to describe this chaotic era. The little boy loves the tin drum very much. Because he sees the helplessness and...

    • By Esta 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      What did I see before I read the review

      0, the 163-minute version I watched. Oscar's biological father was the uncle, a Polish man with blue eyes who worked in the post office. The titular father was a grocer, strong and gentle owner, and of course a Jew who sold tin drums also owned a grocer. .

      1. The atmosphere of the crowd where the story takes place. In the place where the story takes place, at the border between Poland and Germany (right?), the description mainly starts after Hitler came to power? Because the first time...

    • By Pattie 2022-04-23 07:05:22

      "The Tin Drum"------We must grow up after all

      The boy is the rebellious self that refuses to grow up in our hearts. The simplicity, beauty, and hatred of his children are all rare but very precious things among adults. To refuse to grow up is to refuse to become such an adult, to refuse to fit into this world, this ugly world. In his opinion, the world of adults is not worth having. He refuses to be that kind of person.

      In fact, why hasn't there been such a person in this world who refuses to grow up, who doesn't associate with...

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    • By Kyleigh 2022-03-29 09:01:09

      Oscar, who refuses to grow up, sees the naked maid acting like a desire to return to his motherhood, then the ugliness of sex destroys the first woman he loves, the cruelty of war takes away the second one he loves, a The series of absurd realities also document the social conditions of Germany during the war. The subjective lens at birth, the relationship between the father, mother, uncle and uncle reflected in the mirror, the mother eating fish and the dwarf "government" are all...

    • By Keshaun 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      The ominous child is too powerful to see so many metaphors. This is also considered the best foreign language film Oscar in 1979. Different eras have different interpretation...

    • By Aaliyah 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      The version I watched seems to be missing a few minutes at the end, so I don't know what the real ending is. I can see all the innuendos and metaphors in the movie, but I don't understand what they refer...

    • By Izabella 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      A bizarre childhood history full of political metaphors, unable to interpret it, so I flipped through a few comments, and the most agreeable analysis I saw was to use the image of Oscar as a metaphor for a generation of intellectuals during the Third Reich, while the tin drum and the The shouting refers to the conscience and discourse style of the intellectuals, respectively. Taking this as a guide and then looking back at the film, part of the plot and expressions are quite...

    • By Summer 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      This is the film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980 and the novel that won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. The movie looks at the absurd world of Germany during World War II from the eyes of a child who doesn't want to grow up. It is a movie full of meanings of life. Rigorous Germans who make movies are also very faithful to the original book, but those who haven't read the original book understand this film. It's more difficult, and it's time to do more...

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    "Blechtrommel, Die" shows the life of the German wartime petty citizens in an epic and magnificent pattern. It is a film that sees the big from the small. Although the film is full of "bad taste" descriptions, these "Xia Sanlu" clips do not make people sad or uncomfortable, but bring a layer of absurd irony effect. Although critics have mixed reviews of the original novel, the reviews for the film have been unanimous. The film is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Oskar Matzerath: There once was a drummer. His name was Oskar. He lost his poor mama, who had eat to much fish. There was once a credulous people... who believed in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really... the gas man! There was once a toy merchant. His name was Sigismund Markus... and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. There was once a drummer. His name was Oskar. There was once a toy merchant... whose name was Markus... and he took all the toys in the world away with him.

    • Jan Bronski: [Jan arrives and sees Alfred getting dressed in Nazi uniform] Going to the demonstration?

      Alfred Matzerath: Yes, at the fairground. A mass rally. Lobsack is speaking, and what a speaker he is. I tell you, these are historic days. A man can't stand asie. You've gotta join in.

      [looking at the newspaper Jan is carrying]

      Alfred Matzerath: You should read the Danzig Sentinel. Your siding with Poland is crazy. I've told you a thousand times.

      Jan Bronski: I am Polish!

      Alfred Matzerath: Think it over

    • Schugger-Leo: A beautiful day! She's gone to the place where everything's so cheap. Habemus dominum

      Sigismund Markus: [Leo opens the door for Markus to let him into his taxi] Yes, it's a beautiful day. An unforgettable day. I too have seen the Lord.

      Schugger-Leo: You've also seen the Lord?

      [looking at Oskar]

      Schugger-Leo: Oskar. Habemus dominum, Oskar!