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The Tin Drum
Die Blechtrommel

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Movie Poster

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Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Release Date	May 3, 1979
Language	German Hebrew Italian Russian Polish
Studio	Franz Seitz Filmproduktion Artemis Film Jadran Film

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Oskar Matzerath	David Bennent
Alfred Matzerath	Mario Adorf
Agnes Matzerath	Angela Winkler
Jan Bronski	Daniel Olbrychski
Maria Matzerath	Katharina Thalbach
Sigismund Markus	Charles Aznavour

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.

The following weapons were used in the film The Tin Drum:

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).

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 {{Infobox Movie
-|name = The Tin Drum <br /> Die Blechtrommel
+|name = ''The Tin Drum''<br>''Die Blechtrommel''
 |picture = BlechtrommelPoster.jpg
 |caption = ''Movie Poster''
-|country =
+|country =[[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<br>[[Image:POL.jpg|25px]] Poland<br>[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] West Germany
-[[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<br />
+|director = [[Volker Schlöndorff]]
-[[Image:POL.jpg|25px]] Poland<br />
-[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] West Germany<br />
-|director = Volker Schlöndorff
 |date= May 3, 1979
-|language = German<br /> Hebrew<br />Italian<br /> Russian<br /> Polish
+|language = German<br>Hebrew<br>Italian<br>Russian<br>Polish
+|studio=Franz Seitz Filmproduktion<br>Artemis Film<br>Jadran Film
-|distributor = United Artists
 |character1=Oskar Matzerath
+|actor1=[[David Bennent]]
 |character2=Alfred Matzerath
+|actor2=[[Mario Adorf]]
 |character3=Agnes Matzerath
+|actor3=[[Angela Winkler]]
 |character4=Jan Bronski
+|actor4=[[Daniel Olbrychski]]
 |character5=Maria Matzerath
+|actor5=Katharina Thalbach
 |character6=Sigismund Markus
-|actor1=[[David Bennent]]
-|actor2=[[Mario Adorf]]
-|actor3=[[Angela Winkler]]
-|actor4=[[Daniel Olbrychski]]
-|actor5=Katharina Thalbach
 |actor6=[[Charles Aznavour]]
 }}
-'''''The Tin Drum''''' is the 1979 film adaptation of the novel by Günter Grass by Volker Schlöndorff. On his third birthday, Oskar Matzerath, born in the Free City of Danzig (Gdansk) in 1924, refused to allow further growth and participation in the adult world. The eternal child expresses his protest against Nazis and sympathizers on his tin drum, and only after the war ends does Oskar decide to grow again - and to have a say.
+'''''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.
+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.
-{{Film Title|The Tin Drum}}
+{{Film Title}}
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 ==Luger P08==
-A German officer is very briefly seen with a [[Luger P08]] during the surrender of the Polish defenders.
+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).
-[[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
+[[File:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Luger is seen on the left next to the held Karabiner.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Luger is seen right above the shot Jan Michoń who came out of the building shortly before with a white flag; what happened in reality.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Pistol2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier brandishes his Luger.]]
 =Rifles=
+==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.
+[[File:Mannlicher M95M 7-92mm.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mannlicher M95M (M95/24) - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Mannlicher1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Proszę, karabin.''"<br>Jan Michoń hands over a Mannlicher to Jan.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After receiving the rifle and a helmet Jan walks to the ammunition distribution.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of Jan's rifle shows the magazine which lacks the ejection hole. This a feature of the Yugoslavian M95M which uses stripper clips instead of en-bloc clips.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Mannlicher2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The tangent-leaf rear sight is visible as he waits for further instructions.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kobyella works the bolt handle of his Mannlicher.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Mannlicher3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lowering the rifle offers a view of the left side.]]
+==Mannlicher M1895 Stutzen==
+At least one of the defenders wields a Mannlicher M95 ''Karabiner-Stutzen'' which is most likely a converted 8x56mmR Steyr version.
+[[File:SteyrM95Stutzen.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner-Stutzen M1895, System Mannlicher - 8x50mmR Mannlicher]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-MannlicherStutzen1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The armed man carries the ''Karabiner-Stutzen''. Note the smooth barrel at the front sight without a ring.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view shows the ejection hole. It is equipped with side- and under-mounted sling swivels.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-MannlicherStutzen2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The straight bolt handle is seen.]]
 ==Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30==
-Jan Bronski ([[Daniel Olbrychski]]), Kobyella ([[Mieczyslaw Czechowicz]]) and other Polish defenders of the Post Office in Danzig are armed with Austrian full-lenght [[Steyr Mannlicher M1895]] rifles and carbines. Some SS Heimwehr Danzig and ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) members can also seen with this rifle during the surrender of the Polish defenders.
+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.
-[[Image:SteyrM95Long.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Steyr M1895 Long Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher]]
+[[File:SteyrM95Long.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Infanteriegewehr Modell 1895/30, System Mannlicher - 8x56mmR Steyr]]
-[[Image:SteyrM95Short.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher]]
+[[File:SteyrM95Short.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner-Stutzen M1895/30, System Mannlicher - 8x56mmR Steyr]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jan holds his just received Steyr rifle which offers a view of the stacking pin.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oskar ([[David Bennent]]) examines an 8x56mmR Steyr round. The en-bloc clips lie in the foreground.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oskar ([[David Bennent]]) examines a 8x56mmR Mannlicher round.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-SteyrLong1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Three Steyr Mannlicher long rifles stacked together.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of Jan's rifle.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A defender waits with his long rifle which offers a view of the straight pull bolt-action mechanism, receiver, and rear sight.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A carbine carried by a defender. Note the ejection hole.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German soldier on the right aims his Steyr short rifle at the lined up prisoners outside the post office.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Top view of the receiver and the straight pull handle.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kobyella chambers his Steyr rifle.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Steyr7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German on the right aims his Steyr at the PoWs.]]
 ==Karabiner 98k==
 The [[Karabiner 98k]] is used by German soldiers.
-[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ''Heimwehr'' member chases Jan with his carabiner over his back.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ''Heimwehr'' member with his carabiner over his back chases Jan. This Karabiner has a late war welded barrel band.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier forces the defenders out of the Post office with his Kar98k.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier chambers his Karabiner while charging.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another soldier forces the defenders out of the Post office with his Kar98k.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier and a ''Heimwehr'' member hold their carbines on the right.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Karabiner4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Kar98k is carried by an armed Polish civilian guarding the deportation of German citizens from Danzig in 1945. Note the H-style barrel band.]]
+==Mauser Rifle==
+An unknown Mauser rifle is briefly seen held by a ''Hitlerjugend'' boy.
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Mauser1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The rifle is seen on the right. It has a straight bolt handle.]]
 =Submachine Guns=
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 ==PPSh-41==
 Soviet Soldiers at the end are armed with [[PPSh-41]] submachine guns.
-[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 with 71-round drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
+[[File:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-PPSh1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Soviet soldier with his PPSh opens the cellar door.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-PPSh1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"'''''Hände hoch!'''''"<br>A Soviet soldier with his PPSh opens the cellar door.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-PPSh2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Polish soldier stands guard with his slung PPSh.]]
 ==KP m/44==
-Some Finnish Tikkakoski m/44s, copy of the [[PPS-43]], with drum magazines are also used by Red Army soldiers.
+Some Finnish Tikkakoski m/44s, a copy of the [[PPS-43]], with drum magazines are also used by Red Army soldiers.
 [[File:Tikkakoski M 44.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Tikkakoski M/44 - 9x19mm Parabellum. The M/44 magazines are interchangeable with the [[Suomi KP/-31]] box and drum magazines.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-PPS1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Russian kneels before Oskar and his mother. Note the grip.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-KP1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soviet soldiers carrying KP m/44s enter the cellar and go straight to Lina Greff (Andréa Ferréol).]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-PPS2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same soldier points his gun at Alfred Matzerath.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-PPS1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Russian kneels in front of Maria (Katharina Thalbach) and Kurt. The pistol grip is seen.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-PPS2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same soldier points his gun at Alfred Matzerath ([[Mario Adorf]]).]]
 =Machine Guns=
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 ==MG42==
 The [[MG42]] is first seen during the beginning of World War Two in 1939 and later on bunkers of the ''Atlantikwall''.
-[[Image:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
+[[File:MG42.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maschinengewehr 42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 [[File:Blechtrommel-MG421.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An SS soldier fires his MG42 at the Post office in 1939.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-MG422.jpg|thumb|none|600px|MG42 being fired from a Bunker.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-MG422.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another MG42 being fired from a Bunker.]]
 ==Browning M1919A6==
-Three [[Browning M1919A6]] are seen on the ''Atlantikwall'' scenes.
+Three [[Browning M1919A6]] are seen during the ''Atlantikwall'' scenes.
-[[Image:M1919a late WWII.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1919A6, late WWII manufacture with muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield]]
+[[File:M1919a late WWII.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Late Browning M1919A6 with muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-MG1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mounted Browning on the truck.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-MG1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mounted Browning on the Opel Blitz truck.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-MG2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two other Brownings in a bunker.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-MG2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two other Brownings seen in a bunker next to ''Obergefreiter'' (Corporal) Lankes (Bruno Thost).]]
 =Other=
 ==Armored Car==
-The German armored cars are American White M3 Scout Cars mocked up to resemble accurate Austrian Steyr ADGZs which are actually used during the post office siege.
+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.
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Car1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Car0.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SS soldiers take cover behind the armored car.]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Car1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The ''Sudentenland'' drives by the main entrance. The other two were labeled ''Ostmark'' and ''Saar''.]]
 ==10.5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40==
-A [[10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18|10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18/40]] is used by the attackers of the Post Office. The predecessor would have been more historically correct since it was also used in the siege.
+A [[10.5 cm leichte FeldHaubitze 18|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.
-[[Image:LeFH1840.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 field gun displayed in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum - 105mm]]
+[[File:LeFH1840.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 - 105mm]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Howitzer1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Howitzer1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The prepared ''Feldhaubitze'' ready to fire at the post office.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Howitzer2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Howitzer2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the howitzer after firing.]]
+==Model 24 Stielhandgranate==
+One of the SS soldiers uses a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]].
+[[File:M24handgrenade.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Stielhandgranate1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Stielhandgranate2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two views of the soldier on the left preparing his Stielhandgranate.]]
 ==Flamethrower==
 Two German soldiers can be seen with unknown flamethrowers.
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Flame1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Flame1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The first soldier lays down flame.]]
-[[File:Blechtrommel-Flame2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-Flame2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The second flamethrower is seen. In fact, flamethrowers were used during the siege, infamously to burn surrendering Józef Wąsik alive. This incident is not present in the movie.]]
 ==15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun==
-The [[15 cm TbtsK C/36]].
+The [[15 cm TbtsK C/36]] is seen mounted in a bunker.
-[[File:15cmTbKC36.jpg|thumb|none|400px|15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun in a Regelbau M272 casemate at the Longues-sur-Mer battery, France.]]
+[[File:15cmTbKC36.jpg|thumb|none|400px|15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun in a ''Regelbau'' M272 casemate at the Longues-sur-Mer battery, France.]]
 [[File:Blechtrommel-navalgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[File:Blechtrommel-navalgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
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 [[Category:French Produced/Filmed]]
 [[Category:Polish Produced/Filmed]]
+[[Category:Volker Schlöndorff]]

The Tin Drum: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:54, 5 November 2023

Pistols

Luger P08

Rifles

Mannlicher M95M

Mannlicher M1895 Stutzen

Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30

Karabiner 98k

Mauser Rifle

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

KP m/44

Machine Guns

MG42

Browning M1919A6

Other

Armored Car

10.5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Flamethrower

15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun

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