DVD
The tin drum = Die Blechtrommel
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special ed.
Languages
In German, with English subtitles.
Performers
David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Danzig, 1924. Oskar Matzerath is born with an intellect beyond his infancy. As he witnesses the hypocrisy of adulthood and the irresponsibility of society, Oskar rejects both, and, on his third birthday, refuses to grow. Caught in a baffling state of perpetual childhood, Oskar lashes out at all he surveys with piercing screams and frantic poundings on his tin drum, while the unheeding, chaotic world marches onward to the madness and folly of World War II.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Günter Grass.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete version ; new interview with Schlondorff about the making of the film and the creation of the complete version ; new interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan ; German audio recording of Gunter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel ; television interview excerpts featuring Schlondorff, Grass and cast members ; trailer.
Subjects
- Boys > Germany > Drama.
- Gifted children > Drama.
- Drum > Drama.
- Humanity > Drama.
- Growth > Drama.
- National socialism > Social aspects > Germany > Drama.
- Germany > History > 1918-1933 > Drama.
- Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Drama.
- Germany > Social conditions > 1918-1933 > Drama.
- Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945 > Drama.
- Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 > Film adaptations.