Berlinale 2015: Oliver Hirschbiegel's New WWII Thriller '13 Minutes'

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If only he had 13 more minutes, the world would be an entirely different place. The new film from German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment, Downfall, The Invasion), titled 13 Minutes, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this week. It’s a solid thriller that tells the true story of carpenter Georg Elser, a resistance fighter who designed a bomb and attempted to kill Hitler in 1939, but was unsuccessful by only 13 minutes. It feels very much like Germany’s response to The Imitation Game, highlighting an individual who tried to impact WWII for the better and wasn’t recognized by his country for many years. It’s also everything that Valkyrie should’ve been, but wasn’t, and explores Georg’s life leading up to and after the bombing. ›››

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