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13 MINUTES

by Oliver Hirschbiegel

synopsis

Georg Elser was a man who could have changed world history and saved millions of human lives. If only he had had 13 more minutes. With 13 more minutes, the bomb he had personally assembled would have torn apart Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. But this was not to be, and on 8 November 1939, Hitler left the scene of the attempted assassination earlier than expected - leaving Elser to fail catastrophically. Who was this man who recognized the danger emanating from Hitler sooner than many others, who took action when everybody else, including the German generals, meekly followed orders or kept silent? What did he see which our parents or grandparents did not see or want to see? The man who told his torturers to their faces that he wanted to prevent the bloodshed of the imminent world war?

international title: 13 Minutes
original title: Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert
country: Germany
sales agent: Beta Cinema
year: 2015
genre: fiction
directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
film run: 108'
release date: DE 2/04/2015, FR 16/09/015, ES 4/03/2016
screenplay: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer
cast: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, David Zimmerschied, Johann von Bülow, Anna Unterberger
cinematography by: Judith Kaufmann
film editing: Alexander Dittner
art director: Christine Caspari, Marion Foradori, Thomas Neudorfer, Astrid Poeschke
costumes designer: Bettina Marx
music: David Holmes
producer: Oliver Schündler
co-producer: Götz Bolten, Manfred Hattendorf, Philipp Hoepp, Michael Schmidl, Andreas Schreitmüller, Claudia Simionescu, Christine Strobl
production: Lucky Bird Pictures GmbH, Delphi Medien, Philipp Filmproduction, ARD Degeto Film GMBH
backing: Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte
distributor: Dulac Distribution, NFP Marketing & Distribution, A Contracorriente Films

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