The Tin Drum (1979) Poster

(1979)

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Sex & Nudity

  • The boy watches a brief fantasy sequence of Rasputin dancing and cavorting with several semi-nude women. Breasts and pubic hair are visible throughout.
  • A young boy urinates into a pot. His penis is partially visible.
  • Several sexual scenes throughout the film, some involving children or characters who are adults but are played by quite young children:
  • A man hides under a woman's skirts, she groans and he comes out doing his trousers up. She later becomes pregnant.
  • Seven men are shown fully naked from the rear from a distance.
  • A woman gives birth and this is seen from the perspective of the child emerging from her vagina. The baby is played by a child actor and is shown having a bath (no nudity shown).
  • A man caresses a woman's breasts whilst they are fully dressed.
  • A man and a woman have sex in an explicit scene. The man is shown from the rear fully naked, the woman strips and her breasts are briefly shown twice. They fall onto the bed and have sex, the woman groaning.
  • A man comforts a crying woman by reaching his hand up her skirt. She begins receiving pleasure.
  • A boy and a girl get changed together (the characters are both 16 but the boy is played by a young actor). The boy is shown with fully rear nudity. Then the girl undresses and stands naked. The boy buries his head near her vagina; this is only shown from behind the girl. The camera pans up to her face (she covers her breasts). She is then shown naked from the waist up from behind.
  • The same two characters share a bed. The boy sucks some sweet powder from the belly of the girl. She then turns the lights off and, although everything is under the covers, they essentially have sex. The girl is eventually pregnant and the boy claims that he is the father.
  • A man and a teenage girl have sex (no nudity) with a resulting pregnancy. Heavy thrusting is shown but it is short.
  • Two children end up in bed and the boy is shown with rear nudity getting dressed.
  • A woman is raped in front of her family (no nudity).

Violence & Gore

  • There is a siege on a building and several men are killed in explosions. A man is shot in the back by a group of soldiers, although this is not shown on-screen. Two soldiers process through the building with flamethrowers, although no-one is directly hurt by them. A man who surrenders is shot on-screen and another group of people surrender and line up with their backs to the wall, the implication being that they are also shot.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Casual drinking is shown.
  • A group of friends get excessively drunk, with the implication that a child is unattended and gets hurt.
  • Characters smoke throughout the film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A group of people go fishing, fish out a severed horse's head and harvest eels from it.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is fatally shot by a group of soldiers resulting in several bullet holes and blood. Easily the most graphic scene in the entire film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A child throws himself down the stairs and this is seen from his perspective in a slightly disturbing scene. He is OK afterwards, though.

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