The Tin Drum
Die Blechtrommel
1979 · 2h 42m · Drama, History, War · France, Germany · Rated R (US)
A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.
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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Volker Schlöndorff6.8Smart score
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1920s1930s1940sadulterybased on novel or bookcircuscoming of agedark comedydwarffamily feudfamily's daily lifegdansk, polandgermanyhitler youthinvasion of normandykaschubialolitalone wolfmarried couplenazinew german cinemapregnancyprenatalpubertyred armysuffocationsuicidesynagoguetoxicationwar dramaworld war ii
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