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Die Blechtrommel [videorecording] = The tin drum / nach dem Roman von Gèunter Grass ; Janus Films ; eine deutsch/franzèosische Gemeinschaftsproduktion der Franz Seitz Film, Bioskop Film, Artemis Film, Hallelujah Film, GGB 14. KG, Argos Films, Paris ; Produzent, Franz Seitz ; Regie, Volker Schlèondorff ; Drehbuch, Jean-Claude Carriáere, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlèondorff, die Dialoge sind von Gèunter Grass bearbeitet und ergèanzt.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: TIN020 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: German, English Summary language: English Original language: German Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 234.Publication details: [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2004.Description: 2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780027973
  • 9780780027978
Other title:
  • Title on container: Tin drum
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00869
Production credits:
  • Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer.
Cast: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.Summary: 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.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00869 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000040286

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In German with optional yellow English subtitles.

Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski.

Bild, Igor Luther ; Schnitt, Suzanne Baron ; Musik, Maurice Jarre ; Szenenmusik, Friedrich Meyer.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Based on: Die Blechtrommel by Gèunter Grass.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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.

Videodisc exclusive features: new digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by director Volker Schlèondorff; Maurice Jarre's score isolated on analog track 2. On disc two: rare deleted scenes, featuring commentary by Schlèondorff; Volker Schlèondorff remembers The tin drum, a montage featuring Schlèondorff's thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards and images not included in the final film; video interviews with Schlèondorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; "The platform" : a rare 1987 recording of Gèunter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel Die Blechtrommel, accompanied by the music of percussionist, Gèunter "Baby" Sommer; Reprinted excerpt from the original screenplay's unfilmed ending; Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit involving The tin drum; production sketches, designs, and promotional art; original theatrical trailer.

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