The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff, 1979

Spine #234

Picked by 4 guests

Drama / History / War

Part of Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Franz Seitz Junior, Volker Schlöndorff

Cinematography Igor Luther

Edited by Suzanne Baron

Cast Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Roland Teubner

Picked by

Will Arnett actor

“Oh my god. This movie freaked me out, and then I’ve watched it a number of times since. It freaked me out when I first saw it. I was much younger. The Tin Drum. This movie sometimes makes me so uncomfortable. There’s this whole thing with fish. Yeah, they get into, like, hypocrisy of adults and all this kind of stuff, and it’s super weird. If you want to get weird, watch this movie, Tin Drum. Really, really good. Very, very moving.”

Will Arnett

Kerry Condon actor

“The Tin Drum, I remember seeing this... I saw it when I was in my early 20s and I'm not going to lie like I was kind of stoned so I vaguely remember them. I'll take The Tin Drum because I saw it when I was very young and maybe it'll all come flooding back to me.”

Kerry Condon

Richard E. Grant actor

“Tin Drum, absolute masterpiece. I was so shocked by that when I saw that when I was a student.”

Richard E. Grant

RaMell Ross director

“Oh, The Tin Drum. Stop it. This is one of the films that I just found in the library. And, honestly, I just remember it being incredibly moving.”

RaMell Ross

Also mentioned as part of Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes actor

“Silent Naruse, I don’t know what it is. He is a Japanese director. Have you heard of him? No. Does that interest you? Is it good? Yeah, yeah.”

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes