In the beautiful town of Danzig we watch this strange story of a boy who, after a terrible accident that he himself provoked, decides not to grow up and remains like some tragic Peter Pan version. The story is developed between 1899 and the end of WWII. This is an adult world seen through the eyes of a child with all its dramatic events of several kinds including an amorous triangle formed by the boy's mother, her husband and a cousin of hers. This triangle is accepted by them and everybody around them. The ascent of Nazism and the war that follows shape and form the story background from a certain point on with all their tragic and dramatic events. The movie is well made and directed but its symbolism is not very clear I mean if there is a message involved it's not very well passed on to the viewers through images and dialogues.
Review of The Tin Drum
