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The Tin Drum

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

7.0(564)19792h 42m7

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
$17M
Language
German
  • puberty
  • adultery
  • lolita
  • suicide
  • based on novel or book
  • nazi
  • dwarf
  • gdansk, poland
  • circus
  • toxication
  • germany
  • married couple

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR11 Apr 1980
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+12 May 1994
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical152 May 1979
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical2 Nov 1979
    • PhysicalDVD21 Oct 2005
    • PhysicalDVD, Director's cut21 Aug 2020
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival18 May 1979
    • TheatricalU19 Sept 1979
    • PhysicalDIrector's cut (155mn), DVD/BD31 May 2017
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical162 May 1979
    • TV1 May 1984
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical14 Mar 1980
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+11 Apr 1981
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1224 Jan 1980
    • Physical12DVD2 Dec 2004
    • TV12RTL 59 Jun 2005
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical (limited)Retrospective of producer Anatole Dauman (Moscow)3 Mar 1990
  • SlovakiaSK

    • Theatrical19 Oct 2017
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical185 May 1988

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The Tin Drum was released on 2 May 1979.

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    MoHA

    5/1/2015

    A smart movie powered by David Bennent's performance Oskar is a young man in World War II Germany who refuses to grow up when he was three years old. He deliberately let himself fall on a stair to injure himself and stop his growth. Oskar's refusal to grow and release his tin drum is an obvious metaphor about refusing the Nazi regime. This is made more obvious since he finally decided to grow and let go of his dru…

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