The Tin Drum Movie Cast. “the tin drum knows no taboos,” wrote the poet hans magnus enzensberger in 1959 and this production encapsulates that irreverent spirit. She was an actress, known for zwischen den zügen (1961), ein phoenix zuviel (1955) and der bär (1955).
Oskar is a young man in world war ii germany who refuses to grow up when he was three years old. The tin drum is the 1979 film adaptation of the novel by günter grass by volker schlöndorff. Academy award winner best foreign language film 1979.
The tin drum is a picaresque tale of a young boy named oskar matzerath (david bennent), who serves as a witness to the course of european history from the '20s through world war ii.
With this knowledge, knowing that he will receive a tin drum as a gift on his third birthday, and watching the way adults around him continue to act, oskar makes a conscious decision that on his third birthday, after he receives his tin drum, that he will stop growing, making it look like an accident has stunted his growth. The tin drum is an drama, history, war movie that was released in 1979 and has a run time of 2 hr 22 min. Academy award winner best foreign language film 1979. Movie tags:adultery circus germany nazi pregnancy suicide.
