The Tin Drum

When his parents give him a red drum for his third birthday, Oscar decides he’s going to stop growing up as a reaction to the complicated adult relationships around him and the hypocrisy of contemporary society.

Oscar is born in Germany in 1924 with fully developed intellect. When his parents give him a red drum for his third birthday, the little boy decides he’s going to stop growing up as a reaction to the complicated adult relationships around him and the hypocrisy of contemporary society. A symbol of human consciousness in a world that’s slowly sinking in violence and absurdity, Oscar will witness a phenomenon that slowly poisons the hears of the most innocent people.

Based on this surreal premise, Volker Schlöndorff adapts the epic and deeply allegorical novel of award-winning author Günter Grass, which chronicles the rise of fascism through the eyes of an eternal child, a pitch black satire oscillating between raw, poetic images and grotesque savagery.

Winner of the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "The Tin Drum" screens from a restored print with an extra 20 minutes of footage, according to the director’s cut. Th.P.

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Εναλλακτικοί τίτλοι / Alternative titles: The Tin Drum / Die Blechtrommel

Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Volker Schlöndorff

Σενάριο / Screenwriters: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz

Φωτογραφία / DoP: Igor Luther

Μουσική / Music: Maurice Jarre

Μοντάζ / Editor: Suzanne Baron

Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel

Δυτ. Γερμανία, Γαλλία, Πολωνία, Γιουγκοσλαβία / West Germany, France, Poland, Yugoslavia
1979
Εγχρωμο / Color
162'
Εβραϊκά, Ιταλικά, Γερμανικά, Πολωνικά, Ρωσικά / Hebrew, Italian, German, Polish, Russian

* Screens on 27th September

Publication date: 2013-09-11 12:30:00

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