The Tin Drum Die Blechtrommel
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The Tin Drum 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).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Parabellum Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mannlicher M95M (M95/24) - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Proszę, karabin. " Error creating thumbnail: File missing After receiving the rifle and a helmet Jan walks to the ammunition distribution. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tangent-leaf rear sight is visible as he waits for further instructions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kobyella works the bolt handle of his Mannlicher. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner-Stutzen M1895, System Mannlicher - 8x50mmR Mannlicher Error creating thumbnail: File missing The armed man carries the Karabiner-Stutzen . Note the smooth barrel at the front sight without a ring. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view shows the ejection hole. It is equipped with side- and under-mounted sling swivels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The straight bolt handle is seen. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Infanteriegewehr Modell 1895/30, System Mannlicher - 8x56mmR Steyr Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner-Stutzen M1895/30, System Mannlicher - 8x56mmR Steyr Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oskar (David Bennent ) examines an 8x56mmR Steyr round. The en-bloc clips lie in the foreground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three Steyr Mannlicher long rifles stacked together. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A defender waits with his long rifle which offers a view of the straight pull bolt-action mechanism, receiver, and rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German soldier on the right aims his Steyr short rifle at the lined up prisoners outside the post office. Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is used by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Heimwehr member with his carabiner over his back chases Jan. This Karabiner has a late war welded barrel band. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier chambers his Karabiner while charging. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier forces the defenders out of the Post office with his Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier and a Heimwehr member hold their carbines on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle is seen on the right. It has a straight bolt handle. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Soviet Soldiers at the end are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Hände hoch! Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Polish soldier stands guard with his slung PPSh. KP m/44 Some Finnish Tikkakoski m/44s, a copy of the PPS-43 , with drum magazines are also used by Red Army soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tikkakoski M/44 - 9x19mm Parabellum. The M/44 magazines are interchangeable with the Suomi KP/-31 box and drum magazines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers carrying KP m/44s enter the cellar and go straight to Lina Greff (Andréa Ferréol). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Russian kneels in front of Maria (Katharina Thalbach) and Kurt. The pistol grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldier points his gun at Alfred Matzerath (Mario Adorf ). Machine Guns MG42 The MG42 is first seen during the beginning of World War Two in 1939 and later on bunkers of the Atlantikwall .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maschinengewehr 42 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS soldier fires his MG42 at the Post office in 1939. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another MG42 being fired from a Bunker. Browning M1919A6 Three Browning M1919A6 are seen during the Atlantikwall scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Late Browning M1919A6 with muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mounted Browning on the Opel Blitz truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two other Brownings seen in a bunker next to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Lankes (Bruno Thost). 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS soldiers take cover behind the armored car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 18/40 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 - 105mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The prepared Feldhaubitze ready to fire at the post office. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the howitzer after firing. Model 24 Stielhandgranate One of the SS soldiers uses a Model 24 Stielhandgranate .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two views of the soldier on the left preparing his Stielhandgranate. Flamethrower Two German soldiers can be seen with unknown flamethrowers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The first soldier lays down flame. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 is seen mounted in a bunker.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 15 cm TbtsK C/36 naval gun in a Regelbau M272 casemate at the Longues-sur-Mer battery, France. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
