Sunday 07th February 2016 at 20:00
13 Minutes
The new film from Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) tells a tense and largely unknown story based on true events. In 1939 carpenter Georg Elser – impressively played here by The White Ribbon’s Christian Friedel – planted a homemade bomb behind Hitler’s lectern at a Nazi Party meeting. But the Führer left the meeting earlier than planned, with the explosion detonating 13 minutes later. With the blast occurring at the beginning of the film, Hirschbiegel cleverly uses the Nazi’s subsequent interrogation of Elser to reveal in flashback as to why and when this ordinary but strong-willed man concocted his plan. 13 Minutes is a fascinating tribute to an act of great courage.
Nominated for Best International Feature Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Germany
2015
114 mins