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Basic facts

Original title Die Blechtrommel
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Swedish release 1979-10-31

Cast

Mario Adorf
Alfred Matzerath

Angela Winkler
Agnes Matzerath

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Co-production title

Crew

Cast

David Bennent Oskar
Mario Adorf Alfred Matzerath
Angela Winkler Agnes Matzerath
Daniel Olbrychski Jan Bronski
Katharina Thalbach Maria
Heinz Bennent Greff
Andréa Ferréol Lina Greff
Charles Aznavour Sigismond Markus
Fritz Hakl Bebra
Mariella Oliveri Roswitha Raguna
Tina Engel Anna Koljaiczek, som ung
Berta Drews Anna Koljaiczek
Roland Teubner Joseph Koljaiczek
Ernst Jacobi gauleiter Löbsack
Werner Rehm bagaren Scheffler
Ilse Page Gretchen Scheffelr
Käthe Jaenicke moder Truczinski
Wigand Witting Herbert Truczinski
Marek Walczewski Schugger Leo
Wojciech Pszoniak Fajngold
Otto Sander Meyn, musikern
Karl-Heinz Tittelbach Felix
Emil F. Feist
Herbert Behrent cirkusartisterna
Bruno Thost korpral Lankes
Gerda Blisse fröken Spollenhauer
Joachim Hackethal doktor Wiehnke
Zygmunt Hübner doktor Michon
Mieczysław Czechowicz Kobyella

Companies

Production Company Seitz GmbH Filmproduktion
Bioskop Film GmbH & Co. Produktions-Team K.G.
Artemis Film GmbH
Argos Films SA
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Studio S Entertainment 2020 (director's cut)
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2005

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 120388
Date 1979-07-16
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3990 meters


Original work

Original title Die Blechtrommel (Novel)
Author Günter Grass


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1979-10-31 Ritz Stockholm Sweden 145 min
TV showing 1999-12-12 SVT1 Sweden 140 min
DVD release 2005-09-21 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2015-10-28 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3768


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 1
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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