13 Minutes

Hong Kong filmmaker Ruby Yang will attend the after-screening talk. 

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cinematographer: Judith Kaufmann      
Cast: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner

Germany, Italy | 2015 | 114’ | In German with Chinese and English subtitles | DCP | Colour

Awards
Best Production, Bavarian Film Awards 2015
Best Director Feature Film, German Directors Award Metropolis 2015

Nomination
Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematographer, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up, German Film Awards 2015
Best Actor, Seattle Int’l Film Festival 2015
Best European Actor, European Film Awards 2015

Festivals
Seattle International Film Festival 2016
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015

Georg Elser was a man who could have changed world history and saved millions of human lives. If only he had had 13 more minutes. With 13 more minutes, the bomb he had personally assembled would have torn apart Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. But this was not to be, and on 8 November 1939, Hitler left the scene of the attempted assassination earlier than expected – leaving Elser to fail catastrophically. Who was this man who recognised the danger emanating from Hitler sooner than many others, who took action when everybody else, including the German generals, meekly followed orders or kept silent?

According to the film’s co-producer, Boris Ausserer, on this first collaboration between the director, Oliver Hirschbiegel, and the cinematographer, Judith Kaufmann, he described, “Both were very curious about each other… And after about a week, they hardly exchanged a word any more. Not because they couldn't stand each other, but because they understood each other almost blindly.”