The Tin Drum Movie Review. Of a world full of wonders both beautiful and beastly. Well the first thing you gotta know about oskar matzerath is that he's narrating this entire book from inside an insane asylum.
I read the novel die blechtrommel in its original german version many decades ago and i only remembered two main things about it: It was a difficult movie to watch. Putting the tin drum on stage is an act of audacity by carl grose (adapter) and mike shepherd (director).
(1) it was about a dwarf and (2.
In 1939, world war ii breaks out. The tin drum was adapted in 1979 by volker schlöndorff from günter grass’ allegorical novel, die blechtrommel. The film won the palme d'or at the 1979 cannes film festival and the academy award for best foreign language film in 1980 at the 52nd academy awards The intense and visceral tin drum was one of the most financially successful german films of the 1970s and won the 1979 oscar for best foreign film and the 1979 golden palm (which it shared with.
