Die Blechtrommel = The tin drum / Kino International ; eine deutsch/französische Gemeinschaftsproduktion der Franz Seitz Film, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Hallelujah Film, GGB 14. KG, Argos Films, Paris ; Produzent, Franz Seitz ; Regie, Volker Schlöndorff ; Drehbuch, Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlöndorff, die Dialoge sind von Günter Grass bearbeitet und ergänzt.

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Feature chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Blechtrommel (Motion picture)
Main Authors: Jarre, Maurice (Composer)
Meyer, Friedrich (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Kino International Corporation
Franz Seitz Film
Bioskop-Film
Artemis Film (Firm)
Hallelujah-Film
GGB 14.KG
Argos Films
Other Authors: Seitz, Franz (Producer, Screenwriter)
Schlöndorff, Volker (Director)
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021 (Screenwriter)
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
Adorf, Mario (Actor)
Winkler, Angela, 1944- (Actor)
Bennent, David (Actor)
Thalbach, Katharina, 1954- (Actor)
Olbrychski, Daniel (Actor)
Luther, Igor
Baron, Suzanne
Insdorf, Annette
Language:German
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In German with yellow English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [1998], ©1998.
Edition:Deluxe letterboxed ed.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Grass, Günter, > 1927-2015 > Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > Germany (Weast)
Foreign language films > German.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Grass, Günter, > 1927-2015.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Tin drum.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Feature chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Based on: Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass.
Videodisc exclusive features: new digital transfer from the original 35mm negative, supervised by cinematographer Igor Luther; letterboxed (1.85:1) with yellow electronic subtitles; video essay featuring original set designs, costume sketches, storyboards and behind-the-scenes photographs; audio commentary by director Volker Schlöndorff; Maurice Jarre's score isolated on analog track 2; gatefold essay by Annette Insdorf.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF8 D0003049 VideoDVD
Awards:Academy Award, 1980: Best foreign language film; Cannes Film Festival, 1979: Golden Palm.
Credits:Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer.
System Details:DVD format (with chapter stops); NTSC.
Cast:
Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.