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
![Christian Friedel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760030_ae2cb0.jpg)
Christian Friedel
East Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Russendisko (2012)
![Katharina Schüttler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/933/160933097_e72438.jpg)
Katharina Schüttler
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Berlin 56 (2016) (series)
The Promise (2011) (series)
![Burghart Klaußner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280213_2fd1cc.jpg)
Burghart Klaußner
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Johann von Bülow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325050_a02e41.jpg)
Johann von Bülow
West Germany
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Frantz (2016)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
![Felix Eitner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471790_1e29db.jpg)
Felix Eitner
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
![David Zimmerschied](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/415/159415674_ead704.jpg)
David Zimmerschied
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
![Rüdiger Klink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855979_cf77c5.jpg)
Rüdiger Klink
West Germany
Best movies:
The Elementary Particles (2006)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
![Simon Licht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/804/159804846_cde3ec.jpg)
Simon Licht
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Elementary Particles (2006)
13 Minutes (2015)
![Michael Kranz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999120_5f1c57.jpg)
Michael Kranz
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
![Gerti Drassl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188007_6f2e38.jpg)
Gerti Drassl
Italy
Best movies:
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
The Bone Man (2009)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Lissy Pernthaler
Italy
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Why Not You (2020)
![Cornelia Köndgen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/304/160304458_0db24a.jpg)
Cornelia Köndgen
West Germany
Best movies:
The Piano Teacher (2001)
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Martin Maria Abram](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/502/166502509_000e95.jpg)
Martin Maria Abram
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Schwabenkinder (2003) (TV movie)
13 Minutes (2015)
Valentina Repetto
Italy
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
Lilly's Bewitched Christmas (2017)
![Anna Unterberger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/427/159427855_8113c7.jpg)
Anna Unterberger
Italy
Best movies:
Freddy/Eddy (2016)
13 Minutes (2015)
Gundermann (2018)
![Anton Algrang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/883/159883152_8f1c83.jpg)
Anton Algrang
Italy
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
The Eremites (2016)
Michael Ehnert
West Germany
Best movies:
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Udo Schenk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/812/168812936_ujtbvg.jpg)
Udo Schenk
East Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The Round Up (2010)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Thomas Gräßle
Best movies:
13 Minutes (2015)
The Goldfish (2019)
Hirngespinster (2014)
Anna Holmes
West Germany
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
13 Minutes (2015)