Synopsis
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, a carpenter from Königsbronn in the Swabia region. When a map of the site of the assault and detonators are found on him, he is sent to the head of the Criminal Police in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Arthur Nebe and the head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller to be questioned. From them, Elser learns that his attempt has failed — that the man he wanted to kill in order to stop the bloodshed of the World War that had just begun, has left the Bürgerbräukeller 13 minutes before the explosion.
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Movie Details
| Germany Releases: |
April 10th, 2015 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
October 3rd, 2017 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for disturbing violence and some sexuality.
(Rating bulletin 2377, 6/10/2015) |
| Running Time: |
110 minutes |
| Keywords: |
1930s, Nazis, World War II, Political Assassination, Tortured for Information, Non-Chronological, Epilogue |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Lucky Bird Pictures, SWR, ARD/Degeto, BR, WDR, Arte, Delphi Medien, Philipp Filmproduction |
| Production Countries: |
Germany |
| Languages: |
German |
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