What type of film is The Tin Drum?

The Tin Drum is classified as a film, specifically falling within the war film and drama film genres.

Who directed The Tin Drum and when was it released?

Volker Schlöndorff directed the film, which was released in 1979 with publication dates recorded as January 1 and May 3.

Which production company was involved in The Tin Drum?

Jadran Film, a Croatian film production company established in 1946, is the production company associated with this film.

What awards is The Tin Drum connected to?

The film is associated with the Palme d'Or, the highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

Which countries are linked to the film's context or production?

The film is related to France, Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia, connecting it to broad Western and Central European as well as Southeastern European contexts.

The Tin Drum

1979 film directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Movie film Q313764

Facts

50 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Palme d'Or^[1]^[2]
Director: Volker Schlöndorff^[3]
Genre: war film, drama film^[10]^[11]
Publication date: 1979, May 3, 1979^[45]^[46]
Screenwriter: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Günter Grass, Franz Seitz Jr.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Based on: The Tin Drum^[12]
Producer: Franz Seitz Jr., Anatole Dauman^[27]^[28]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, International Submission to the Academy Awards
Duration: +142, +162
After a work by: Günter Grass
Assessment: Bechdel test, Waithe Test, Shukla Test, reverse Bechdel Test, Vito Russo test, Mako Mori test, Riz Test, Feldman Test, Landau Test
Box office: +25000000, +4000000
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +6000000
Cast member: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach, Charles Aznavour, Andréa Ferréol, Heinz Bennent, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Ilse Pagé, Käte Jaenicke, Otto Sander, Fritz Hakl, Emil Feist, Marek Walczewski, Ernst Jacobi, Roland Teubner, Henning Schlüter, Wojciech Pszoniak, Bruno Thost, Joachim Hackethal, Helmut Brasch, Zygmunt Hübner, Mieczysław Czechowicz, Ronald Nitschke, Anne Bennent, Lech Grzmociński, Stanisław Michalski, Dietrich Frauboes, Jean-Claude Carrière^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
Characters: Oskar Matzerath, Alfred Matzerath, Agnes Matzerath, Jan Bronski, Maria Matzerath, Anna Koljaiczek, Joseph Koljaiczek, Vinzent Bronski, Lina Greff, Albrecht Greff, Alexander Scheffler, Gretchen Scheffler, Bebra, Roswitha Raguna, Sigismund Markus, Meyn, Löbsack, Mother Truczinski, Herbert Truczinski, Schugger Leo, Mariusz Fajngold, Felix, Obergefreiter Lankes, Doktor Hollatz, Fräulein Spollenhauer, Hochwürden Wiehnke, Der alte Heilandt, Dr. Michon, Kobyella, Oberleutnant Herzog, Stauer, Susi Kater, Kurt Matzerath, Grigori Rasputin^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]^[55]^[56]
Color: color^[40]
Composer: Maurice Jarre^[8]
Country of origin: France, Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
Different from: The Tin Drum
Director of photography: Igor Luther^[30]
Distributed by: United Artists, Netflix
Distribution format: video on demand^[36]

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FSK film rating: FSK 16
Film editor: Suzanne Baron
Filming location: Gdańsk, West Berlin, Zagreb, Paris, Munich, Normandy
Has characteristic: film based on a novel
Inspired by: Amarcord
Kijkwijzer rating: 12
MPA film rating: R
Main subject: Germany–Poland relations, Nazism, class relations, petite bourgeoisie
Movement: New German Cinema^[9]
Narrative location: Gdańsk, Kashubia, Paris, Normandy
Narrative motif: ménage à trois, 3, infantilism, Lepidoptera, queen of hearts, Anguilla
Narrator: Oskar Matzerath
Original language of film or TV show: Italian, German, Russian, Hebrew, Polish^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]
P14403: 97279
P14449: 1161
P14487: eiga/film/145867
P14671: 26029
P14724: 8560888
P14821: 78875
P15002: film/194341
Production company: Jadran Film^[29]
Production date: 1978
References work, tradition or theory: horror film, heroic drama, Spaghetti Western, The Great Dictator, Triumph of the Will, Zazie dans le Métro
Review score: 7.5/10, 84%, 63/100^[37]^[38]^[39]
Set in period: 1899, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, World War I, World War II, Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig, flight and expulsion of Germans, Kristallnacht, 20th century
Title: Die Blechtrommel

🏷️ Also known as

en Tin Drum en The Tin Drum ar طبل الصفيح cs Plechový bubínek da Bliktrommen de Die Blechtrommel el Το Ταμπούρλο es El tambor de hojalata fa طبل حلبی fi Die Blechtrommel fi Peltirumpu fr Le Tambour fr Tambour he תוף הפח hu A bádogdob it Il tamburo di latta it Tamburo di latta ja ブリキの太鼓 ko 양철북 pl Blaszany bębenek

🔖 Identifiers · 91

VIAF cluster ID: 316753721
GND ID: 4313438-5
ACMI ID: works/83090
AMPAS collections film ID: W060361
Academy Awards Database film ID: 2292
AllMovie title ID: v50080
Allcinema film ID: 20456
AlloCiné film ID: 1153
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B00BB8OOKC
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3t6qer00tvdp06010rbu24tf8
BFI National Archive work ID: 150115695
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 1020

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CANTIC ID: 981058517118106706
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 706475
Cinema.de ID: 1299465
CinemaRX title ID (archived): 659
Cineplex Germany film ID: 10838
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 40249
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 6211
Crew United title ID: 10236
César Award film ID: 32972
DNF film ID: 562
Decine21 film ID: 3483
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 16556
Does the Dog Die? media ID: 181783
Douban film ID: 1292207
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 2553, 22004
EDb film ID: t0003217
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/B7D1-C480-65B6-E8DD-C7A1-W
ElFilm film ID: 78686
Elonet movie ID: 117074
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/The-Tin-Drum-film-by-Schlondorff
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: le-tambour-volker-schlondorff
Exploitation mark number: 49671
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/die-blechtrommel-1978
FilmAffinity film ID: 107852
FilmPolski ID: 18673
FilmPolski.pl ID: 128732
FilmVandaag ID: film/11526
Filmarks ID: movies/3355
Filmfront film ID (archived): 2739
Filmová databáze film ID: 12892
Filmportal ID: 5493063caa1347c3a4d4d95d3cc398bb
Filmweb.no film ID: 101439
Filmweb.pl ID: Blaszany.Bebenek
Freebase ID: /m/026qgmr
IMDb ID: tt0078875
IMFDB ID: The_Tin_Drum
ISAN: 0000-0000-1576-0000-R-0000-0000-U
ITunes movie ID: 526.2M (526.2M–1.2B, n=3)
KINENOTE film ID: 11283
Kinobox film ID: 15939
Kinopoisk film ID: 28521
LUMIERE film ID: 14996
Larousse ID: film/wd/9335
LdiF ID: 26375
Letterboxd film ID: the-tin-drum
MUBI film ID: 789
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 24575
Metacritic ID: movie/the-tin-drum
Movie Review Query Engine ID: die-blechtrommel-m100042533
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv11238
MovieMeter film ID: 1486
Moviepilot.de film ID: die-blechtrommel
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007369788105171
Netflix ID: 60028805
OFDb film ID: 7234
OMDb film ID: 659
PORT film ID: 193
Plex media key: 5d776827961905001eb9133f
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/the_tin_drum
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 229
Scope.dk film ID: 3814
Scripts.com script ID: 4247
SensCritique work ID: 439947
Sratim ID: tt150040
Swedish Film Database ID: 8393
TCM Movie Database film ID: 93413
TMDB movie ID: 659
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 120697
TV.com ID: movies/the-tin-drum
The Criterion Collection film ID: 789
The Criterion Collection spine number: 234
TheTVDB movie ID: 4050
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-tin-drum-1979
Trakt.tv film ID: 533
Unconsenting Media ID: 9415
Unifrance film ID: 1699
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058517118106706
Yle Areena item ID: 1-50500884
ČSFD film ID: 8094

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 24

Charles Aznavour, Otto Sander, Jean-Claude Carrière, Mario Adorf, Daniel Olbrychski, Andréa Ferréol, Wojciech Pszoniak, Angela Winkler +16 more

Set in period 11

World War II, World War I, 1899, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1940s, 1900s +3 more

Filming location 6

Paris, Munich, Zagreb, Gdańsk, Normandy, West Berlin

Narrative motif 5

3, Lepidoptera, ménage à trois, Anguilla, infantilism

Original language of film or TV show 5

German, Russian, Italian, Hebrew, Polish

References work, tradition or theory 5

The Great Dictator, horror film, Spaghetti Western, Triumph of the Will, Zazie dans le Métro

Country of origin 4

France, Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia

Narrative location 4

Paris, Gdańsk, Normandy, Kashubia

Screenwriter 4

Günter Grass, Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz Jr.

Main subject 3

Nazism, petite bourgeoisie, Germany–Poland relations

Award received 2

Palme d'Or, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, United Artists

Genre 2

drama film, war film

Producer 2

Franz Seitz Jr., Anatole Dauman

← Different from 2

The Tin Drum, Le Crabe-tambour

After a work by 1

Günter Grass

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

The Tin Drum

Characters 1

Grigori Rasputin

Composer 1

Maurice Jarre

Different from 1

The Tin Drum

Director 1

Volker Schlöndorff

Director of photography 1

Igor Luther

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Suzanne Baron

Inspired by 1

Amarcord

Instance of 1

film

Movement 1

New German Cinema

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Production company 1

Jadran Film

← Derivative work 1

The Tin Drum

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FAQs

What awards did The Tin Drum receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best International Feature Film^[1] and Palme d'Or^[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ The Tin Drum — director (P57): Volker Schlöndorff. filmportal.de. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Tin Drum — screenwriter (P58): Jean-Claude Carrière. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Tin Drum — screenwriter (P58): Volker Schlöndorff. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Tin Drum — screenwriter (P58): Günter Grass. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Tin Drum — screenwriter (P58): Franz Seitz Jr.. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Tin Drum — composer (P86): Maurice Jarre. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Tin Drum — movement (P135): New German Cinema. Volker Schlöndorff's Cinema. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Tin Drum — genre (P136): war film. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Tin Drum — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Tin Drum — based on (P144): The Tin Drum. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): David Bennent. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Mario Adorf. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Angela Winkler. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Daniel Olbrychski. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Katharina Thalbach. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Charles Aznavour. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Andréa Ferréol. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Heinz Bennent. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Tina Engel. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Berta Drews. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Ilse Pagé. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Käte Jaenicke. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Otto Sander. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Tin Drum — cast member (P161): Fritz Hakl. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-23. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Tin Drum — producer (P162): Franz Seitz Jr.. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Tin Drum — producer (P162): Anatole Dauman. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ The Tin Drum — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Tin Drum — award received (P166): Palme d'Or. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Tin Drum — production company (P272): Jadran Film. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Tin Drum — director of photography (P344): Igor Luther. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Tin Drum — original language of film or TV show (P364): Italian. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Tin Drum — original language of film or TV show (P364): German. Unifrance. Retrieved 2020-09-02. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Tin Drum — original language of film or TV show (P364): Russian. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Tin Drum — original language of film or TV show (P364): Hebrew. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Tin Drum — original language of film or TV show (P364): Polish. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Tin Drum — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Tin Drum — review score (P444): 7.5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Tin Drum — review score (P444): 84%. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Tin Drum — review score (P444): 63/100. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Tin Drum — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Tin Drum — country of origin (P495): France. filmportal.de. Retrieved 2020-09-02. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Tin Drum — country of origin (P495): Germany. Academy Awards Database. Retrieved 2020-09-02. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Tin Drum — country of origin (P495): Poland. Unifrance. Retrieved 2020-09-02. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Tin Drum — country of origin (P495): Yugoslavia. Unifrance. Retrieved 2020-09-02. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Tin Drum — publication date (P577): 1979. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Tin Drum — publication date (P577): May 3, 1979. Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Oskar Matzerath. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Alfred Matzerath. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Agnes Matzerath. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Jan Bronski. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Maria Matzerath. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Anna Koljaiczek. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Joseph Koljaiczek. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Vinzent Bronski. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Lina Greff. wikidata.org.
[56] ↑ The Tin Drum — characters (P674): Albrecht Greff. wikidata.org.

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