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The Tin DrumFollow

1979 • R • 2h 42m • Drama, War • New World Pictures

A savage, sweeping epic of society in chaos.

🍅 84% 84% MC 63 IMDb 7.4

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Directed byVolker Schlöndorff ScreenplayFranz Seitz Junior, Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff Produced byAnatole Dauman, Eberhard Junkersdorf, Franz Seitz Junior CinematographyIgor Luther MusicMaurice Jarre Prod. DesignNikos Perakis StarringMario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel StudioNew World Pictures

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