# The Tin Drum (1979)

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**Original title**: *Die Blechtrommel*
**Runtime**: 162 min
**Genres**: Drama, History, War
**Directed by**: Volker Schlöndorff
**Written by**: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz Junior
**Starring**: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel

> *A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re a boy born in 1924 who stops growing at three, then watch Danzig tilt toward war. The boy keeps screaming. Volker Schlöndorff leaves childhood shrill and war hollow.

**Mood tags**: dread, surreal

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