Overview
- Summary
- Story about Oskar Matzerath, who at age three decides to stop growing. For the next two decades, during the Nazi reign in Eastern Europe, he remains frozen in size, suspended in the outraged innocence of childhood. Oskar has two weapons to see him through the ordeal of modern history: his tin drum, which he bangs to drown out horror and hypocrisy, and his childish voice raised in shriek piercing enough to break glass.
- Uniform Title
- Blechtrommel (Motion picture)
- Other Title
- Blechtrommel. English.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York : Kino Video, 1996, c1979
- Locale
- Germany
- Edition
- Deluxe letterbox edition
- Notes
-
German dialogue, English subtitles.
From the novel by Günter Grass.
Originally released in 1980 as a motion picture.
VHS
Rated R.
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Producers, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlondorff, Anatole Dauman ; director, Volker Schlondorff ; screenplay, Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlondorff in collaboration with Günter Grass ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Additional Form
-
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (142 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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- Conditions on Use
- Subject to copyright restrictions.
Keywords & Subjects
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