Die Blechtrommel

BR Deutschland Frankreich 1978/1979 Spielfilm

The Tin Drum

Gdansk, 1924. For the Matzerath family, a new child is born. From the moment of his birth, little Oscar is a rather precocious and perceptive lad. Already as a little baby within the arms of his mother, he begins to observe the world around him with skepticism. When he is three years old he gets a tin drum for his birthday. And on that very same day, arising from a deep-seated sense of denial, he decides to stop growing.

While both mentally and physically he continues to develop as a man, his bodily appearance automatically creates a distance between little Oscar and the "adult" world. Through his loud drumming and his ability to shatter glass with his voice, he articulates his protest against the deceitful and scheming world of adults. In a world where the young man Oscar is seen as a simple-minded child, he has equally both the touch of genius and of something diabolical. He drives both his presumed fathers to death as well as making a career as an artist, performing for Nazi troops on the front while still remaining scornful and distant. Only with the end of the Second World War does he decide to grow again and thereby have a say in the future.

 

Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Music

Cast

Production company

Producer

Alle Credits

Director

2nd Unit director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Dialogue

based on

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Still photography

Lighting design

Gaffer

Production design

Set design

Painter

Prop master

Construction manager

Make-up artist

Costume design

Costumes

Hairdresser

Editing

Assistant editor

Sound

Sound assistant

Audio mixing

Special effects

Music

Cast

Production company

in association with

Producer

Co-Producer

Producer (TV)

Line producer

Unit production manager

Location manager

Production assistant

Production coordinator

Production manager

Production office

Original distributor

Subsequent distributor

Funding

Shoot

    • 31.07.1978 - 17.11.1978: Zagreb, München, Paris, Normandie, Gdansk, Berlin/West
Duration:
3964 m, 145 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.04.1979, 50675, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Berlin, Gloria-Palast;
Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Wiesbaden, Walhalla;
Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Mainz, Bambi;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.05.1984, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (FR) Le tambour
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Blechtrommel
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Die Blechtrommel - Director's Cut
  • Weiterer Titel Die Blechtrommel - Director's Cut

Versions

Original

Duration:
3964 m, 145 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.04.1979, 50675, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Berlin, Gloria-Palast;
Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Wiesbaden, Walhalla;
Uraufführung (DE): 03.05.1979, Mainz, Bambi;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.05.1984, ARD

Restaurierte und digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
142 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 31.08.2020, Wiederaufführung

Prüffassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Die Blechtrommel - Director's Cut
Duration:
163 min
Format:
1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.05.2014, 50675-b/K, ab 16 Jahre

Duration:
4094 m, 150 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.04.1979, 50675, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

DVD-Fassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Die Blechtrommel - Director's Cut
Duration:
156 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 12.04.2010, 50675, ab 16 Jahre

Awards

IFF Sydney 1980
  • 1.Preis
IFF Mailand 1980
  • Premio San Fedele
IFF Belgrad 1980
  • Beste Regie
Academy Awards 1980
  • Oscar, Bester fremdsprachiger Film
David Wark Griffith Award 1980
  • Bester ausländischer Film
1980
  • Goldene Leinwand
Filmzeitschrift >Cinema< 1979
  • Jupiter
Deutscher Filmpreis 1979
  • Goldene Schale, Bester programmfüllender Spielfilm
IFF Cannes 1979
  • Goldene Palme (ex aequo: >Apocalypse Now<)
FBW 1979
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll