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The Tin Drum

Die Blechtrommel

★ Editor's Pick

Volker Schlöndorff  ·  Germany / France  ·  1979

DramaWar 1970s

Born in 1920s Danzig, Oskar decides at age three that he will refuse to grow up — and screams so loud he can shatter glass. A satirical, deeply disturbing vision of 20th-century Germany told from a child's wilfully arrested eye view.

Language

German, French

Cast

David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler

Awards

  • Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival
  • Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film