The Tin Drum
W Germany
1979
142 mins
Director Volker Schlöndorff
Starring David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
Cert 15
Subtitled

Oskar Matzerath, aged 3, views the adult world as full of hypocrisy, injustice and violence, so takes a dramatic decision not to join it. Together with his beloved tin drum, Oscar becomes an observer of both domestic and political tragedies occurring in the tumultuous period leading up to the second World War.

“Darkly humorous, surreal, controversial and dazzlingly entertaining” – Time Out