Blechtrommel
Subtitle: The tin drum
By: produced by Hans Prescher, Franz Seitz ; writers, Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz ; directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Contributors: Bennent, David; Winkler, Angela, 1944-; Adorf, Mario; Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
Edition: Widescreen.
Series: Criterion collection -- 234; Criterion collection -- 234.
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Drama; Boys; Social conditions; Film adaptations; Nazis
Other titles: Tin drum
Description: Living in Nazi Germany on the brink of World War II, a young child decides to stop growing when he is three years old as a protest against the absurdities of the world around him.
Notes: Based on the novel by Günter Grass.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Features: new interview with Schlöndorff about the making of the film and the creation of the complete version; new interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan; German audio recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel "The tin drum," illustrated with the corresponding scene from the film; television interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière; trailer; new English subtitle translation; booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey Macnab and 1978 statements by Grass about the adaptation of his novel.

David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach.

MPAA rating: R.

DVDs, Dolby digital 5.1.

For private home use only.

In German with English subtitles.