The Tin Drum (1979)
2h 42min
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A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
Themes:Loss Of InnocenceIdentity CrisisBetrayalFamily DysfunctionThe Human ConditionMoral AmbiguityComing Of AgeDiscover Similar ThemesMood:MelancholicReflectiveDarkUnsettlingSurrealBleakCynicalDiscover Similar Mood
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.
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Directed by: Igor Luther, Volker Schlöndorff
Produced by: Franz Seitz Junior, Anatole Dauman, Eberhard Junkersdorf
Composed by: Maurice Jarre
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