The Tin Drum
Time Out says
Sumptuously shot and designed, Schlöndorff's respectful film of Günter Grass's epic novel is nevertheless inevitably inferior to the original. The problem perhaps is that it is all too literal an adaptation of the book, which looked at the realities of German history from the fantastic, subjective viewpoint of a child who, by sheer will-power, refuses ever to grow up; the result is that, as the kid witnesses the rise of the Nazis, what we see is rarely convincing in itself, while the complexities of Grass's book are largely sacrificed for eye-catching scenes of the grotesque and the bizarre. Still, the performances are strong and the film just about works as middlebrow entertainment for those put off by the length of the novel.
Details
Release details
Duration:
142 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenwriter:
Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz, Volker Schlöndorff
Cast:
David Bennent
Mario Adorf
Angela Winkler
Daniel Olbrychski
Charles Aznavour
Heinz Bennent
Andrea Ferréol
Mario Adorf
Angela Winkler
Daniel Olbrychski
Charles Aznavour
Heinz Bennent
Andrea Ferréol