13 Minutes
2015 · Movie · R · 114 min · ★ 6.8 · 67% critics
In 1939 Germany, a working-class man takes a drastic stand against a rising dictatorship, convinced that removing the country’s leaders could prevent greater catastrophe. After a failed attempt, he is captured and pressured to explain himself, while the story looks back at the personal choices and events that pushed him toward resistance.
Also known as Thirteen Minutes
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Details
- Original title
- Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-04-09
- Language
- German
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (308 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, character-focused WWII-era resistance drama with moral tension and harsh consequences; Not for you if you’re avoiding torture or want nonstop action like The Baader Meinhof Complex.
Pros: gripping true-history premise; strong performances; tense atmosphere | Cons: intense torture scenes; uneven pacing; less thriller than expected
Themes
- assassin
- nazi
- bomb
- world war ii
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew
Christian Friedel
as Georg Elser
Katharina Schüttler
as Elsa
Burghart Klaußner
as Nebe
Johann von Bülow
as Heinrich Müller
Felix Eitner
as Eberle
David Zimmerschied
as Josef Schurr
Rüdiger Klink
as Erich
Oliver Bigalke
as SA-Mann
Cornelia Köndgen
as Maria Elser
- MA
Martin Maria Abram
as Ludwig Elser
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel