The result was that many festivals refused to show it on grounds of child pornography.
On his third birthday, he receives a drum which he uses to cause disruption and havoc.
What caused outrage upon release was a sex scene between the young Oskar and an older women, involving oral sex.
Personally I quite enjoy this little film that I once called 'Ghosts of Sodomy' in a film forum.
A disturbingly erotic moment occurs when the Stasi force upon her a full body search.
Certainly shocking for its time.