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The film tells breath-taking story of Georg Elser, one of the greatest resistance fighters, who failed to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb at a Nazi convention in November 1939.
10 August 1971, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
13 September 1949, Berlin, Germany
11 December 1978, Stuttgart, Germany
26 September 1972, Munich, Germany
1965
7 December 1986, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
24 April 1944, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2005, Germany
11 April 1953, Wittenberge, German Democratic Republic
9 March 1979, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
3 March 1968, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
20 April 1889, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
23 September 1985, Bozen, Italy
27 February 1967, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
1962, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
21 December 1967, Hamburg, Germany
May 04, 2016
History robs the film of suspense potential, of course... What remains reads like a noble, but slightly worthy, attempt to disinter the reputation of a man largely forgotten in Germany until the publication of a 1999 biography.July 13, 2015
An important story, of course, but only mildly engaging as cinema.February 06, 2017
Straightforward and fortuitously timed bio-drama of a nearly forgotten German who tried to assassinate his country's fascist dictator at the beginning of World War II.July 22, 2015
The movie is well acted and mostly absorbing, but it spells out everything so painstakingly that there's zero room for subtext.December 04, 2016
As a testament to a forgotten wartime hero, it's a credible, well-crafted portrait.February 23, 2016
13 Minutes presents a redundant historical "what if" that leaves itself open to charges of relativization.January 01, 2016
Jumping around in time just a shade too much in the midsection, Hirschbiegel's film nevertheless proves a compelling historical drama.March 17, 2016
As a first step back into polite cinematic society after a long run of duffers, Hirschbiegel's film has a certain value to it.April 17, 2016
13 Minutes is an elegant, expensive-looking, respectful history lesson that finds just enough interesting texture ... to save it from becoming dryDecember 21, 2015
The narrative keeps up the intrigue, with Elser's eventual fate being not quite as clear-cut as you might expect.July 22, 2015
As with countless films set in the period, the absence of subtlety combined with predictable dollops of sentimentalism once again trivialize events in the name of making them understandable.November 05, 2016
The movie is an effective and frightening study of how a country can collapse morally and socially without its citizens realizing what is happening. [Full review in Portuguese.]