This event is in the past.It took place on May 8, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Drama Film
Drama FilmA child refuses to grow up and watches the rise of Nazism through surreal, erotic, and unflinching eyes. Volker Schlöndorff's 1979 fantasia still cuts deep with its strange beauty and political bite.
Restored classic
Political cinema
Surreal imagery
Literary adaptation
Tips
🎬"Has lost neither its ability to shock and disturb nor its biting, absurdist sense of humor." (New York Magazine)
⏱️163 minutes, Director's Cut
📚based on Günter Grass's novel
The Tin Drum
Downtown Berkeley
Drama FilmDrama FilmA child refuses to grow up and watches the rise of Nazism through surreal, erotic, and unflinching eyes. Volker Schlöndorff's 1979 fantasia still cuts deep with its strange beauty and political bite.
Restored classic
Political cinema
Surreal imagery
Literary adaptation
Tips
🎬"Has lost neither its ability to shock and disturb nor its biting, absurdist sense of humor." (New York Magazine)
⏱️163 minutes, Director's Cut
📚based on Günter Grass's novel
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