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• War
• Documentary

• 2015
• Oliver Hirschbiegel
• 108 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama based on a true story, starring Christian Friedel. Georg Elser, a German civilian and pacifist patriot, recalls in the interrogation room how he decided to assassinate Hitler after watching the Nazis rise to power.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Although director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) and co-writer Fred Breinersdorfer (Sophie Scholl: the Final Days) know the period well, this is a disappointingly superficial account of Georg Elser's attempt to blow up Hitler in Munich in November 1939. The production values are impeccable and Christian Friedel bears a resemblance to the 36-year-old carpenter, who was pitilessly tortured by the Gestapo in its bid to determine whether he was a lone assassin or part of a Communist conspiracy. Yet, rather than exploring Elser's motives, far too much time is devoted to his romance with a battered farmer's wife. And a hallucinatory truth-serum sequence feels as much a miscalculation as not dwelling in depth on the practical preparations for the attack. Also glaringly missing is the reason why Elser was allowed to survive in Dachau until the last weeks of the Second World War. This compelling moment in history really deserves a more insightful reconstruction.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameGeorg ElserChristian FriedelElsaKatharina SchüttlerNebeBurghart KlaussnerHeinrich MüllerJohann von BülowEberleFelix EitnerJosef SchurrDavid ZimmerschiedErichRüdiger KlinkSS ObergruppenführerSimon LichtMaria ElserCornelia KöndgenLudwig ElserMartin Maria Abram

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rolenameDirectorOliver Hirschbiegel

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Theatrical distributor

Studio Canal

Released on

2015-07-17

Languages

German

Guidance

Violence.

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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