Winner of an Academy Award for best foreign film, this is the story of Oskar, a small boy, born into the feast and famine, the facism and slaughter of Germany during the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich. At three, he’d already had enough of this violent and confused world and decides he’d be better off to remain a three-year-old forever. Incredibly, he remains frozen in size and faces life with two weapons… his tin drum- which he bangs to drown out horror and lies… and his childish voice which he raises to a piercing shriek which breaks glass. German language with English subtitles.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
38999
Language
English
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Children and war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Germany
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Emotions in children
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Germany
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Gifted children
Foreign language films
Literature → German literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)