Die Blechtrommel [videorecording]= Volker Schlöndorff

Based on the 1959 novel "Die Blechtrommel" by Günter Grass.

Special features include:
- Interview with Schlöndorff about the making of the film and the creation of the complete version
- Interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan
- German audio recording of Günter Grass reading an except from his novel "The Tin Drum", illustrated with corresponding scenes from the film.
- TV interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière
- Trailer

From case cover:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is Volker Schlöndorff’s visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Regions 1; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.

German audio. Optional English subtitles.