Directed by:
Volker SchlöndorffCinematography:
Igor LutherCast:
Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Andréa Ferréol, Heinz Bennent, Ilse Pagé (more)Plots(1)
When Oskar Matzerath (the extraordinary David Bennent, just twelve at the time) receives a tin drum for his third birthday, he vows to stop growing there and then – and woe betide anyone who tries to take his beloved drum away from him, as he has a banshee shriek that can shatter glass. As a result, he retains a permanent child’s-eye perspective on the rise of Nazism as experienced through petit-bourgeois life in his native Danzig, the ‘free city’ claimed by both Germany and Poland whose invasion in 1939 helped kick-start World War II. With the help of Luis Buñuel’s favourite screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, director Volker Schlöndorff turns Günter Grass’s magical-realist masterpiece into a carnivalesque frenzy of bizarre, grotesque yet unnervingly compelling images as Oskar turns his increasingly jaded eye and caustic tongue on the insane follies of the adult world that he refuses to join. (Arrow Academy)
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Homo Faber / Die Blechtrommel
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Year: 1991
Country: France
Format: CD
Length: 51:23
1. | HOMO FABER: Last Call For Passenger Faber | Stanley Myers | 03:58 |
2. | The Voyage | Stanley Myers | 02:13 |
3. | Sabeth | Stanley Myers | 01:35 |
4. | The Death Of Sabeth | Stanley Myers | 11:58 |
5. | DIE BLECHTROMMEL: Kaschubien | Maurice Jarre | 01:11 |
6. | Oskar's Trommel (Oskar's Drum) | Maurice Jarre | 01:14 |
7. | Die Aale (The Eels) | Maurice Jarre | 03:19 |
8. | Gentil Trio (Gentil Trio) | Maurice Jarre | 07:38 |
9. | Marcus Der Spielzeughändler (Marcus The Toyseller) | Maurice Jarre | 03:06 |
10. | Leidenschaftliches Rendez-Vous (Passionate Rendez' Vous) | Maurice Jarre | 02:05 |
11. | Die Polnische Post (The Polish Post) | Maurice Jarre | 02:43 |
12. | Unterbrochene Parade (Interrupted Parade) | Maurice Jarre | 02:47 |
13. | Roswitha | Maurice Jarre | 01:20 |
14. | Die Emigranten (The Emigrants) | Maurice Jarre | 06:16 |
Die Blechtrommel
Label: Dominion Records
Year: 1979
Country: Netherlands
Format: LP
Length: 31:29
1. | SIDE A: La Terre Kachoube | Maurice Jarre | 01:11 |
2. | Le Tambour D'Oscar | Maurice Jarre | 01:13 |
3. | Gentil Trio | Maurice Jarre | 07:39 |
4. | Le Marchand De Jouet Marcus | Maurice Jarre | 03:07 |
5. | Les Rendez-Vous Passionés | Maurice Jarre | 01:59 |
6. | SIDE B: La Poste Polonaise | Maurice Jarre | 02:42 |
7. | Parade Interrompue | Maurice Jarre | 02:45 |
8. | Les Anguilles | Maurice Jarre | 03:20 |
9. | Roswitha | Maurice Jarre | 01:20 |
10. | Les Emigrés | Maurice Jarre | 06:13 |
Die Blechtrommel
Label: Celine Records
Year: 1979
Country: Germany
Format: LP
Length: 31:29
1. | SIDE A: Kaschubien | Maurice Jarre | 01:11 |
2. | Oskar's Trommel | Maurice Jarre | 01:13 |
3. | Gentil Trio | Maurice Jarre | 07:39 |
4. | Marcus Der Spielzeughändler | Maurice Jarre | 03:07 |
5. | Leidenschaftliches Rendez-Vous | Maurice Jarre | 01:59 |
6. | SIDE B: Die Polnische Post | Maurice Jarre | 02:42 |
7. | Unterbrochene Parade | Maurice Jarre | 02:45 |
8. | Die Aale | Maurice Jarre | 03:20 |
9. | Roswitha | Maurice Jarre | 01:20 |
10. | Die Emigranten | Maurice Jarre | 06:13 |
Die Blechtrommel
Original Filmmusik
Label: Celine Records
Year: 1979
Country: Germany
Format: LP
Length: 31:29
1. | SIDE A: Kaschubien | Maurice Jarre | 01:11 |
2. | Oskar's Trommel | Maurice Jarre | 01:13 |
3. | Gentil Trio | Maurice Jarre | 07:39 |
4. | Marcus Der Spielzeughändler | Maurice Jarre | 03:07 |
5. | Leidenschaftliches Rendez-Vous | Maurice Jarre | 01:59 |
6. | SIDE B: Die Polnische Post | Maurice Jarre | 02:42 |
7. | Unterbrochene Parade | Maurice Jarre | 02:45 |
8. | Die Aale | Maurice Jarre | 03:20 |
9. | Roswitha | Maurice Jarre | 01:20 |
10. | Die Emigranten | Maurice Jarre | 06:13 |
Le Tambour
Label: RCA Records
Year: 1979
Country: France
Format: LP
Length: 31:29
1. | SIDE A: La Terre Kachoube | Maurice Jarre | 01:11 |
2. | Le Tambour D'Oscar | Maurice Jarre | 01:13 |
3. | Gentil Trio | Maurice Jarre | 07:39 |
4. | Le Marchand De Jouet Marcus | Maurice Jarre | 03:07 |
5. | Les Rendez-Vous Passionés | Maurice Jarre | 01:59 |
6. | SIDE B: La Poste Polonaise | Maurice Jarre | 02:42 |
7. | Parade Interrompue | Maurice Jarre | 02:45 |
8. | Les Anguilles | Maurice Jarre | 03:20 |
9. | Roswitha | Maurice Jarre | 01:20 |
10. | Les Emigrés | Maurice Jarre | 06:13 |