Páiric O'Corráin I liked the film, thought the structured flashbacks worked well. Georg Elser was an enigmatic character, motivated by Christian Socialism. Originally only interested in women & music, he moved from pacifism in 1932 to becoming a bomber in 1939. Regretting but accepting that collateral damage would occur in his attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.Interesting also in how it dealt with Arthur Nebe, the policeman who went along to get along. In the background the extermination of "lunatics" is discretely discussed. When Oberfuhrer Nebe learns the lists from various institutions is ready he orders weedkiller.Interrogated by Nebe and Gestapo Oberfuhrer Muller. Elser at first refuses to speak despite torture only capitulating when his fiancé is threatened. Even then his interrogators refuse to accept that he acted alone.A disturbing, moving film.

jdesando "If humanity isn't free, everything dies with it." Georg Elser (Christian Friedel)I love Nazi-related films: those uniforms, certainty of their mission, and their embodiment of evil. The docudrama 13 Minutes is more a love story than a carefully-historical account of Georg Elser's failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1939. Successfully paralleling the complexity of Elser's love for a married woman, Elsa (Katharina Schuttier), director Oliver Hirschbiegel shows the eccentric character of Elser's motives for the attempt and the Nazis' uncertainty about his ideals.The bulk of the docudrama is Elser's interrogation, especially by the ambivalent Arthur Nebe (Burghart Klaußner), whose sympathies emerge only later in the story. Other Nazis are central casting: handsome, spiffy, focused, and scary. Throughout, the filmmakers emphasize Elser's dogged honesty and willingness to be even more honest in the face of threats against Elsa.Although the love affair with her occupies the major part of the film, including the oafish drunken husband, Erich (Rudiger Klink), the emphasis on interrogation remains at times repetitive and inconsequential, even in the face of Hitler's demand to know who supported Elser's attempt. The film loses power as it becomes clear he devised the plot on his own even with the Nazi's brutal attempts to extract his accomplices' names.As one interrogator asks, how could "an ethnic German hate the Fuhrer so much?"--an echo of today's anti-Trump mantra.Speaking of which, a sequence after drug inducement seems completely extraneous give the re-hashed and jumbled images. In essence, 13 Minutes is uncertain which way to go: torture or love story. In the end it has a weak rendition of both."Hitler is war — and if he goes, there will be peace." Interrogator

ma-cortes In November 1939, Georg Elser's (Christian Friedel) attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails , and he is arrested . During his confinement , the man who recognized the danger emanating from Hitler sooner than many others recalls the events -by means of flashbacks- leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action . As it relates the background of the failed attack in the Bürgerbräukeller . As the exciting story takes us from his early years in the Swabian Alps - when National Socialism arrived in his hometown . Meanwhile , Gestapo detains his girlfriend Elsa (Katharina Schüttler). At the end takes us to his last days at the Dachau concentration camp .This acceptable and intriguing movie deals with the resistance fighter George Elser , a man who could have changed world history and saved millions of human lives. His life and the famous event from how was orchestrated the dangerous , risked plot was professionally directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel . The film is correctly based on true events and real Nazis characters and well played by a fine plethora of German actors such as Christian Friedel , Katharina Schüttler and Burghart Klaußner as Nebe . The movie gives an actual , suspenseful, emotional portrayal of Georg Elser ; packing intense drama , thrills , chills , brutal tortures and portentous interpretations . There is a meticulous and cruelty description of tortures . Torture scenes being depicted in great detail and crudity , though it results to be shocking and excessive , displaying a detailed exploitation violence . Efficiently directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel , though with no originality ¨. At the beginning , Oliver directed some episodes of TV series as Kommissar Rex and Baby Rex . His greatest hit smash is , of course , the magnificent ¨Downfall¨ and working for Hollywood in : ¨The invasion¨ with Nicole Kidman and shooting ¨Five minutes of heaven¨ . His greatest hits were ¨The experiment¨ and ¨The downfall¨.The picture is well based on historical events , these are the followings : on 8 November 1939 Elser carried out a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders , he , then is detained . A time bomb that Elser constructed and placed near the speaking platform failed to kill Hitler, who left earlier than expected, but killed eight people and injured over sixty-two others. Unknown to Elser, Hitler had initially cancelled his speech at the Bürgerbräukeller to devote his attention to planning the imminent war with France, but changed his mind and attended after all. As Hitler ordered Heinrich Himmler to put Arthur Nebe , head of Kripo (Criminal Police), in charge of the investigation into the Munich bombing. Himmler did this, but also assigned total control of the investigation to the chief of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller. Müller immediately ordered the arrest of all Bürgerbräukeller personnel, while Nebe ran the onsite investigation, sifting through the debris. Nebe had early success, finding the remains of brass plates bearing patent numbers of a clock maker in Schwenningen, Baden-Würtemberg. Despite the clear evidence of the German make, Himmler released to the press that the metal parts pointed to 'foreign origin' . Himmler offered a reward of 500,000 marks for information leading to the capture of the culprits, and the Gestapo was soon deluged with hundreds of suspects. Elser was transferred from Múnich prison to to Berlin Gestapo Headquarters . His parents, siblings and their spouses, together with his former girlfriend Else Härlen, were taken by train to Berlin to be held in Moabit prison and then in the grand Hotel Kaiserhof . His mother, sister Maria Hirth, brother-in-law Karl Hirth and Else Härlen were also cruelly interrogated . Apart from Maria Hirth and her husband, who were considered accomplices and imprisoned for over one year, the family members and Else Härlen were allowed to return home . Elser was held as a prisoner for over five years until executed at the Dachau concentration camp.

peefyn Movie about assassination-attempts has a natural point to use as its climax: the attempt itself. It would not be easy to keep the ending surprising if the target is Adolf Hitler, and the year 1939. This movie thankfully does not attempt to build to the grand assassination attempt, but opens with it, and spends the rest of the runtime pondering: Who is this Elser guy? What did he do? How did he do it? Why did he do it? It does this by using the interrogations as a sort of frame, and then delving into episodes from Elser's life. It does not attempt to tell his entire life story, but rather pick scenes helpfully to understand the state of mind he was in during that pivotal moment in 1939.This is an interesting story that is very much worth telling. Elser seems to be an extraordinary character, and it's one of those moments in history where everything could have been completely different. The movie has taken some shortcuts though, as is to be expected. Elser is shown as both a clever, talented man (as he was), but at also with some faults. He is shown as almost apolitical, which makes for an interesting character, but the movie would have been better if they had explored what is known about Elser's actual relationship with Nazism.Over all it is a movie worth seeing, even though it is easy to be bored by all of the movie about the brave men who fought Nazism, as they often spend very little time on how Nazis also were people. Good vs evil is a misrepresentation. That said, this movie handles much better than many other movies with similar subjects.