13 Minutes (2015)

Original title

Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert

Directed by

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 310 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Georg Elser, a German carpenter who builds a bomb to assassinate Hitler in 1939. It shows his preparations, the attempt, and what happens to him after he is caught.

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What happens

13 Minutes (German: Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert) is a 2015 German drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel that tells the true story of Georg Elser's failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in November 1939. The title of the film is drawn from the fact that Elser's bomb detonated in a venue that Hitler had left just 13 minutes before. It was screened out of competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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