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The Tin Drum
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The Tin Drum
Year: 1979
Time: 142
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
German 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
German 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
Streaming Options
The Tin Drum
Director's CutYear: 1979
Time: 163
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
German 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
German 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
Streaming Options
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.
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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