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The Tin Drum/Die Blechtrommel is a 1979 film adaptation of the novel by Günter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schlöndorff.

Written by Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière and Franz Seitz.

The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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