Directed by:
Oliver HirschbiegelCinematography:
Judith KaufmannComposer:
David HolmesCast:
Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow, Felix Eitner, David Zimmerschied, Rüdiger Klink, Simon Licht, Michael Kranz (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
During Hitler's anniversary speech on November 8, 1939, a man is arrested on the Swiss border for possession of suspicious objects. Just minutes later, a bomb explodes in the Munich Bürgerbräukeller, immediately behind the Führer's lectern, killing eight people. The man is Georg Elser (Christian Friedel), a carpenter from Königsbronn in the Swabia region. When a map of the site of the assault and detonators are found on him, he is sent to the head of the Criminal Police in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Arthur Nebe (Burghart Klaussner) and the head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller (Johann von Bülow) to be questioned. From them, Elser learns that his attempt has failed – that the man he wanted to kill in order to stop the bloodshed of the World War that had just begun, has left the Bürgerbräukeller 13 MINUTES before the explosion. For days, Elser is interrogated by Nebe and Müller, for days, he holds out against their questions. Until he finally confesses and relates the story of his deed.
Thus, Elser remembers how National Socialism slowly metastasised in his home village. How he attempted to oppose it, together with his best friend Josef Schurr (David Zimmerschied) and a few others. How he met Elsa (Katharina Schüttler), fell in love with her, but because of his plans had to turn away from her, his friends and his family. And how, finally, he acted: How he built the bomb, and installed it at the site in long nights of work. He, who acted all on his own, as he again and again swears to Nebe and Müller, who torture him in order to find his instigators. After the interrogation, he is brought to the concentration camps Sachsenhausen and Dachau, where Georg Elser is finally murdered, on Hitler's personal order, on April 9, 1945; only days before the war ends. (Mongrel Media)
(more)Cast
![Sebastian Fritz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/476/160476016_b1f5fe.jpg)
Sebastian Fritz
West Germany
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Die Hebamme (2014) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Christian A. Koch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/302/161302692_db4494.jpg)
Christian A. Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
Vicky the Viking (2009)
13 Minutes (2015)
Life Is not for Cowards (2012)
![Oli Bigalke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/876/160876998_335caf.jpg)
Oli Bigalke
West Germany
Best movies:
Curveball (2020)
Run Boy Run (2013)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Dennis Hofmeister
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13 Minutes (2015)
Die Eifelpraxis (2016) (series)
![Emil von Schönfels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/680/165680541_d38601.jpg)
Emil von Schönfels
Germany
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
Alone in Berlin (2016)
![Emilia Pieske](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/110/169110861_jko1gz.jpg)
Emilia Pieske
Germany
Best movies:
24 Weeks (2016)
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Nike Seitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/736/160736455_fe0deb.jpg)
Nike Seitz
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
![Frederik Bott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/674/168674238_1zastb.jpg)
Frederik Bott
Best movies:
The Forgotten Battle (2020)
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Thomas M. Meinhardt
West Germany
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13 Minutes (2015)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Georg Alfred Wittner
West Germany
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Killing is My Business, Honey (2009)
![Christian Pätzold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/045/166045908_b68547.jpg)
Christian Pätzold
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Rosa Roth (1994) (series)
![Peter Becker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/595/160595125_13cf5e.jpg)
Peter Becker
West Germany
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Frau Ella (2013)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
Unknown Identity (2011)
Meikel Engelmann
East Germany
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Markus Ertelt
West Germany
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13 Minutes (2015)
Night Before Eyes (2008) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Benedikt Kauff
Germany
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13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Giacomo Lorenzi
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13 Minutes (2015)
Un passo dal cielo (2011) (series)
The Man Without Gravity (2019)
Michael von Hohenberg
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13 Minutes (2015)
The Happy Prince (2018)
Franco Moscon
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The Best Offer (2013)
13 Minutes (2015)
Black Arrow (2006) (series)
Annika Strauss
West Germany
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
No Reason (2010)
German Angst (2015)