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  • 2017
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  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary 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 t...

Directed By: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Written By: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer

  • 2017
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 54 m

13 Minutes

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary 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 t...

Directed By: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Written By: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
58
42% Positive
11 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
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58% Mixed
15 Reviews
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88
Aug 10, 2017
Freidel illuminates the inner struggle Elser goes through as, buttressed by his conscience and his Catholic faith, he finds within himself a strength of character and brave defiance that defines him as a hero in the truest sense of the word.
By Soren Andersen FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 17, 2017
Friedel turns in a poignant performance as a man who feels that he has no choice but to act on his principles, regardless of the consequences.
By Calvin Wilson FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 7, 2017
13 Minutes is a taut, smart and straightforward bio-drama of this largely forgotten early figure in German resistance to the Hitler regime.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 7, 2017
Despite moody flashbacks to the Nazi takeover, Hirschbiegel draws a blank. Elser remains an enigma, a great what-if whose German torturers cannot comprehend acted alone.
By Ian Nathan FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 6, 2017
In the end, 13 Minutes isn’t about the timing or logistics of one man’s plot to kill Hitler at all, but about what made that man tick.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 7, 2017
The movie is well acted and mostly absorbing, but it spells out everything so painstakingly that there's zero room for subtext.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 7, 2017
This stiffly scripted film never quite stirs the emotions.
By Tom Dawson FULL REVIEW

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30% Mixed
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Production Company Lucky Bird Pictures, Delphi Medien, Philipp Filmproduction, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), ARD Degeto Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), ARTE, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
Release Date Jun 30, 2017
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
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Tagline This man could have changed history
Website https://www.facebook.com/elserderfilm
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Awards

German Film Awards
• 7 Nominations
Munich Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Bavarian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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