The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass. The novel is the first book of Grass's Danziger Trilogie (Danzig Trilogy). It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the Palme d'Or, in the same year, and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film the following year.

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1979
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Agnes Matzerath:
Ich bin unkeusch gewesen, in Gedanken, Worten und Werken.

Reverend Wiehnke:
Allein oder mit anderen?

Agnes Matzerath:
Zu zweit.

Reverend Wiehnke:
Wo und wann?

Agnes Matzerath:
Immer am Donnerstag, in der Tischlergasse.

Reverend Wiehnke:
Aber Kind. Immer wieder dieser schmutziger Ort.

Agnes Matzerath:
Ich kann nicht anders, Hochwuerden. Ich moechte, aber ich... ich kann nicht.

Reverend Wiehnke:
Und die Folgen, liebe Frau Matzerath, die Folgen?

Agnes Matzerath:
Ist hier schon, Hochwuerden. Ist hier schon...

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