The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum is the 1979 film adaptation of Günter Grass' novel of the same name by Volker Schlöndorff. Free City of Danzig, 1924: A child is born into the Matzerath family. From the moment of his birth, little Oskar is an extremely precocious, quick-witted little boy. Even in his mother's arms, the infant begins to view his surroundings with great skepticism. On his third birthday, Oskar receives a tin drum as a present. On this day, out of a fundamental attitude of rejection, he decides to stop growing by throwing himself down the cellar stairs. He does develop mentally and as a man, but his physical appearance automatically creates a certain distance between Oskar and the world of "adults" from that day onwards. On his pounding tin drum, he articulates his protest against the mendacious, scheming world of adults, which is revealed to him on the one hand in the terror of the Nazis and the other in various sex affairs of his family members.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980 at the 52nd Academy Awards and is thus the first German film to receive this award.
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=Pistols=
==Luger P08==
A German officer is very briefly seen with a Luger P08 during the surrender of the Polish defenders of the Post Office in Danzig (Gdańsk).
=Rifles=
==Karabiner 98k==
The Karabiner 98k is first seen at the movie's prologue, set in 1899, the Karabiners are anachronistic carried by West Prussian police officers. After that, German soldiers correctly used them during the Second World War.
==Mannlicher M95M==
Jan Bronski (Daniel Olbrychski), Kobyella (Mieczyslaw Czechowicz), and other Polish defenders can be seen using Mannlicher M95M short rifles. These rifles are the Yugoslavian conversion of the Austro-Hungarian M1895.
==Mannlicher M1895 Stutzen==
At least one of the defenders wields a Mannlicher M95 Karabiner-Stutzen which is most likely a converted 8x56mmR Steyr version.
==Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30==
Some Polish defenders are armed with Austrian full-length Steyr Mannlicher M1895 rifles and carbines. SS Heimwehr Danzig and Sturmabteilung (SA) members can also seen with this rifle during the surrender of the Polish defenders.
==Mauser Rifle==
Two unknown Mauser rifles are briefly seen held by a German soldier in 1914 and a Hitlerjugend boy.
=Submachine Guns=
==PPSh-41==
Soviet Soldiers at the end are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
==KP m/44==
Some Finnish Tikkakoski m/44s, a copy of the PPS-43, with drum magazines are also used by Red Army soldiers.
=Machine Guns=
==MG 42==
The MG42 is first seen during the beginning of World War Two in 1939 and later on bunkers of the Atlantikwall.
==Browning M1919A6==
Three Browning M1919A6 are seen during the Atlantikwall scenes.
=Other=
==Armored Car==
During the post office siege, American White M3 Scout Cars were mocked up to resemble Austrian Steyr ADGZs which were actually used by the German attackers.
==10.5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40==
A 10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18/40 standing in for the historically correct predecessor is deployed by the attackers of the Post Office. Two 7.5 cm le.IG 18 infantry support guns were also used by the Waffen SS but are not depicted in the movie.
==Model 24 Stielhandgranate==
One of the SS soldiers uses a Model 24 Stielhandgranate.
thumb|none|350px|Stielhandgranate Modell 24
==Flamethrower==
Two German soldiers can be seen with unknown flamethrowers.
==15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun==
The 15 cm TbtsK C/36 is seen mounted in a bunker.
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