Thursday, 5 May 2016, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2015, Germany, 114 minutes, (15)
Director – Oliver Hirschbiegel
In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – 13 Minutes (Elser)
Rotten Tomatoes – 13 Minutes (Elser)
AUDIENCE SCORE – 93.18%
COMMENTS:
- Loving these factual films – loved the directing, the way it kept flicking back and forth. Tense.
- Not my cup of tea but excellent film
- A very moving, dramatic film – one must ask:- what if?
- Hard to watch at times but one of the best films about eh war I have seen. Amazing story very well told
- Brilliant
- Very powerful
- Knew nothing of this before seeing the film – story presented in an interesting way
- A powerful drama and an important true story which needed to be brought to light. Tension and horrow of Nazi Germany well depicted
- A grim watch and an important one – would never have heard of Elser. Inspiring
- Moving convinving portrayal of daily life with Nazis but I cant stomach the violence
- Enjoyable acting but hard to watch at times.