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The Tin Drum
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Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
When Oskar Matzerath (the extraordinary David Bennent, just twelve at the time) receives a tin drum for his third birthday, he vows to stop growing there and then - and woe betide anyone who tries to take his beloved drum away from him, as he has a banshee shriek that can shatter glass. As a result, he retains a permanent child's-eye perspective on the rise of Nazism as experienced through petit-bourgeois life in his native Danzig, the 'free city' claimed by both Germany and Poland whose invasion in 1939 helped kick-start World War II. With the help of Luis Buñuel's favourite screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, director Volker Schlöndorff turns Günter Grass's magical-realist masterpiece into a carnivalesque frenzy of bizarre, grotesque yet unnervingly compelling images as Oskar turns his increasingly jaded eye and caustic tongue on the insane follies of the adult world that he refuses to join.
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The Tin Drum
Year: 1979
Time: 142
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
1.66:1
Audio
German DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
German Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
The Tin Drum
Director's CutYear: 1979
Time: 163
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
1.66:1
Audio
German DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
German Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Streaming Options
15796.
+8658
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
2 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
German DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
German Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
576p/25
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Audio Commentary, Alternate Version
- Both the theatrical cut and director's cut
- Audio commentary with director/co-screenwriter Volker Schlöndorff [Theatrical cut only]
- Interview with Volker Schlöndorff on the new cut of The Tin Drum (2011) [Blu-ray only]
- New interview with Volker Schlöndorff about the making of the film and the creation of the complete version [DVD-only]
- Original theatrical trailer [DVD only]
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