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13 Minutes
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.
13 April 1978, Bolzano, Alto Adige, Italy
23 September 1985, Bozen, Italy
1983
26 September 1972, Munich, Germany
1965
19 July 1962, Munich, Germany
December 21, 2015
The narrative keeps up the intrigue, with Elser's eventual fate being not quite as clear-cut as you might expect.
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.]
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.
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 dry
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.
February 23, 2016
13 Minutes presents a redundant historical "what if" that leaves itself open to charges of relativization.
July 13, 2015
An important story, of course, but only mildly engaging as cinema.
December 04, 2016
As a testament to a forgotten wartime hero, it's a credible, well-crafted portrait.
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.
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.