13 Minutes (2015 film)

2015 film the 2021 American-Canadian disaster film 13 Minutes (2021 film) August 2020 13 Minutes 13 Minutes.jpg Film poster Oliver Hirschbiegel Fred Breinersdorfer Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer Oliver Schündler Boris Ausserer Fred Breinersdorfer Christian Friedel Judith Kaufmann Alexander Dittner David Holmes Lucky Bird Pictureshttp://www.betacinema.com/13minutes 13 Minutes by Oliver Hirschbiegel Beta Cinema 14 December 2015 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111358/http://www.betacinema.com/13minutes dead NFP marketing & distribution 2015 2 12 Berlin 2015 4 9 Germany yes 114 minutes Germany German 13 Minutes (de 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.http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26644.html Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete 28 January 2015 berlinale.de 27 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150327040047/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26644.html dead 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,http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/germany-picks-final-eight-titles-to-vie-for-oscar-submission-20150813 Germany Picks Final Eight Titles to Vie for Oscar Submission IndieWire 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200403/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/germany-picks-final-eight-titles-to-vie-for-oscar-submission-20150813 3 March 2016 dead but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-germany-picks-labryinth-lies-818100 Oscars: Germany Picks 'Labryinth of Lies' for Foreign Language Category Roxborough Scott The Hollywood Reporter 27 August 2015 27 August 2015 Plot In November 1939, after planting a home-made bomb inside a column of a Munich Bierkeller, Georg Elser attempts to cross into neutral Switzerland but is caught at the border. His bomb detonates but misses killing German leader Adolf Hitler by just 13 minutes. The German security services find incriminating evidence on Elser and link him to the assassination attempt. They believe Elser must have been working with a group of conspirators and proceed to torture Elser. They also round up members of his family from his home village, including Else Härlen, a married woman Elser has been seeing. When Else is brought before Elser, he fears for her life and tells Kripo police chief Arthur Nebe and Gestapo head Heinrich Müller that he acted alone, procuring detonators from a steel factory and stealing dynamite from a nearby quarry. He outlines the two clockwork mechanisms he built to time the explosion and hopefully kill Hitler as he made a speech. Still not believed to have attempted the assassination alone, Elser is once more tortured using drugs (Pervitin), but with the same result as before—he insists that he acted alone. Through flashbacks it is learned that Elser came to despise the Nazis and saw that Hitler needed to be removed to save Germany. Following his arrest, Elser was kept in concentration camps for five years and was shot a few days before American forces liberated Dachau concentration camp, a few weeks before the war ended. In his last days he hears that Arthur Nebe has been killed for his part in the July assassination plot. Elser is now regarded as a German resistance hero of the Second World War. Cast Christian Friedel as Georg Elser Katharina Schüttler as Else Härlen Burghart Klaußner as Arthur Nebe Johann von Bülow de as Heinrich Müller Felix Eitner de as Eberle David Zimmerschied de as Josef Schurr Rüdiger Klink de as Erich Simon Licht de as SS Obergruppenführer Cornelia Köndgen de as Maria Elser Martin Maria Abram as Ludwig Elser Michael Kranz de as Franz Xaver Lechner Critical reception The film has been received generally positively by critics, holding a score approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "13 Minutes explores an oft-neglected corner of World War II history with just enough craft and narrative momentum to offset a disappointing lack of subtlety."https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/13_minutes 13 Minutes Rotten Tomatoes Fandango access date dmy The review in The Guardian newspaper noted the film as "...a heartfelt study of a man who tried to kill Hitler". The newspaper was also very complimentary about Christian Friedel's performance as Elser.https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/16/13-minutes-review-oliver-hirschbiegel-adolf-hitler-georg-elser 13 Minutes review – a heartfelt study of a man who tried to kill Hitler Bradshaw Peter The Guardian 16 July 2015 28 March 2016 However, the entertainment magazine Variety was less impressed, saying "... the absence of subtlety combined with predictable dollops of sentimentalism once again trivialize events in the name of making them understandable".https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/berlin-film-review-13-minutes-1201432432/ Berlin Film Review: '13 Minutes' Weissberg Jay Variety 12 February 2015 28 March 2016 In The Daily Telegraphs review, the reviewer noted the film as having an "...overbearing sentimentalism and lacquered, Oscar-hungry sheen".https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/13-minutes/review/ 13 Minutes review: 'Subtle it is not' Smith Patrick The Daily Telegraph 16 July 2015 28 March 2016 References External links 1708135 13 Minutes Category:2015 films Category:2015 historical films Category:2015 German-language films Category:German historical films Category:Films about the German Resistance Category:Films about assassinations Category:Films directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel Category:Films scored by David Holmes (musician) Category:2015 German films Category:Sony Pictures Classics films Category:German-language historical films