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The Tin Drum

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  • Release Date: January 30 2012
  • Country of Release: United Kingdom
  • MSRP: £19.99
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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.
  • Year: 1979
  • Time: 163 | 142 min.

Technical Specifications

Format: Blu-ray/DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 , 1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio: German 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround , German 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
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Subtitles: English
Region: 2/B
Discs: 2 Discs |  DVD-9/BD-50

Supplements

  • 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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