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  2. The Tin Drum - Wikipedia

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    Oskar, willing to prove himself once and for all, picks up his drum and sticks despite his vow to never play again after Alfred's death, and plays a measure on his drum. The ensuing events lead Klepp, Oskar, and Scholle, a guitarist, to form the Rhine River Three jazz band. They are discovered by Mr. Schmuh, who invites them to play at the ...

  3. The Tin Drum (film) - Wikipedia

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    The film centers on Oskar Matzerath, a boy born and raised in the Free City of Danzig prior to and during World War II, who recalls the story's events as an unreliable narrator. Oskar is the son of a half-Polish Kashubian woman, Agnes Bronski, who is married to a German chef named Alfred Matzerath.

  4. Günter Grass - Wikipedia

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    His works also show a sustained concern for the marginal and marginalized subjects, such as Oskar Matzerath, the dwarf in The Tin Drum, whose body was considered an aberration unworthy of life in the Nazi ideology, or the Roma and Sinti people deemed impure and unworthy by the Nazis and subjected to eugenics and genocide, as were the Jews. [33 ...

  5. A Prayer for Owen Meany - Wikipedia

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    Grass was a great influence for John Irving, as well as a close friend. The main characters of both novels, Owen Meany and Oskar Matzerath, share the same initials as well as some other characteristics, and their stories show some parallels. [1] Irving has confirmed the similarities. [2]

  6. Voyage of the Damned - Wikipedia

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    Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner and director Stuart Rosenberg on location in Barcelona. The book was published in 1974. The Los Angeles Times called it "a human document of rare and discerning power". [6] The book was a best seller, and the authors earned an estimated £500,000 from it. [7] Rights to the book were acquired in 1974. [2]

  7. The Rat (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Against this vision, the narrator developed his own stories leading up to the nuclear apocalypse, partly as film scripts for the including by porn series to Medienzar Oskar Matzerath, the painter Lothar Malskat and the restoration of the 50s, from the dead forests and the dying power of Fairy Tales and five beloved women who make up the Baltic ...

  8. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  9. About the Boy Who Plays the Tin Drum - Wikipedia

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    The album's title is a reference to German writer Günter Grass' book Tin Drum, about the boy Oskar Matzerath, who distances himself from the horror of World War II. [5] The album was recorded in three places: Rīga , Ikšķile and Stockholm , and was produced by Swedish producers Povel Olson and David Larsson. [ 3 ]