The Tin Drum (film)
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| The Tin Drum | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Produced by | Franz Seitz Anatole Dauman |
| Written by | Volker Schlöndorff Jean-Claude Carrière Franz Seitz |
| Starring | Mario Adorf Angela Winkler David Bennent Katharina Thalbach |
| Release date(s) |  May 3, 1979 11 April 1980 |
| Running time | 142 min |
| Language | German/Polish/Russian |
| IMDb profile | |
The Tin Drum is a 1978 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Günter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schlöndorff.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
[edit] Controversy
In 1980, the film version of The Tin Drum was first cut, and then banned as child pornography by the Ontario Censor Board in Canada.[1]
Similarly, on June 25, 1997, the movie was banned from Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, citing the state's obscenity laws for portraying underage sexuality, and all copies in Oklahoma City were confiscated. Most were returned within a few months.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Mario Adorf - Alfred Matzerath
- Angela Winkler - Agnes Matzerath
- Katharina Thalbach - Maria Matzerath
- David Bennent - Oskar Matzerath
- Daniel Olbrychski - Jan Bronski
- Tina Engel - Anna Koljaiczek (young)
- Berta Drews - Anna Koljaiczek (old)
- Charles Aznavour - Sigismund Markus
- Roland Teubner - Joseph Koljaiczek
- Tadeusz Kunikowski - Uncle Vinzenz
- Andréa Ferréol - Lina Greff
- Heinz Bennent - Greff
- Ilse Pagé - Gretchen Scheffler
- Werner Rehm - Scheffler
- Käte Jaenicke - Mother Truczinski
- Helmut Brasch - Old Heilandt
[edit] External links
- The Tin Drum at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Eric Rentschler
- Librarian discussion of the Oklahoma case
- Film review at Surfin' Dead
| Preceded by Get Out Your Handkerchiefs |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1979 |
Succeeded by Moscow Does not Believe in Tears |
| Preceded by The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
Palme d'Or 1979 tied with Apocalypse Now |
Succeeded by All That Jazz tied with Kagemusha |
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