The Tin Drum (1979)
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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 9 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins
Synopsis: Novelist Günter Grass assisted in this brilliant film adaptation of his groundbreaking novel, which depicts the significant events in German history since the turn of the century as seen through the eyes of a bizarre child. In this allegorical film, a three-year-old boy observes the... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Story: Gunter Grass
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Producer: Franz Seitz, Anatole Dauman
Story: Gunter Grass
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Producer: Franz Seitz, Anatole Dauman
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Technically and stylistically, The Tin Drum is an astounding work. Thematically, it strives for an importance it only sometimes achieves
10/04/06
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06/24/06
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Oskar's story touches on so many facets of life it's hard to know where to start analyzing.
05/09/04
The Tin Drum is a lusty, volatile, surreal and chlling view of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.
01/29/04
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05/20/03
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Schlöndorff’s treatment of this material is horribly flawed because he’s too interested in making the audience feel comfortable before he starts damning everything.
08/06/02
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