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The tin drum

15 yrs 162 minutes 1979 7.5

The tin drum is about the boy Oskar Matzerath who stops growing as a 3-year-old when the Nazis are taking over in Germany. The boy hammers out his anger on his drum. Oskar grows up during Hitler's rise and fall and with his voice, Oskar can make glass explode. The film is based on the Nobel Prize Winning writer Günter Grass novel and has received both the Palme d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar for best foreign film.

The film is not playable outside of Sweden
Category: Feature film
Genre: Drama, war, bechdel approved
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actor: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
Country: France, Poland, Germany
Language: Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, German