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This 2015 film, originally released in German as ''Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert'' (''Elser - He Would Have Changed the World''), chronicles the attempt by German Georg Elser to assassinate UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler on November 8, 1939. Using a bomb planted in the podium where Hitler spoke at a Munich beer hall, it missed by only [[TitleDrop thirteen minutes]] due to him departing from the hall earlier than scheduled. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, starring Christian Friedel as Georg Elser, with Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner and Johann von Bülow in supporting roles.

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This 2015 film, originally released in German as
''13 Minutes'' (original title
''Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert'' (''Elser - ''Elser - He Would Have Changed the World''), World'') is a 2015 German historical drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (of ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}'' fame).

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chronicles the attempt by German Georg Elser to assassinate UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler on November 8, 1939. Using a bomb planted in the podium where Hitler spoke at a Munich beer hall, it missed by only [[TitleDrop thirteen minutes]] due to him departing from the hall earlier than scheduled. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, , starring Christian Friedel as Georg Elser, with Katharina Schüttler, Creator/KatharinaSchuttler, Burghart Klaußner and Johann von Bülow in supporting roles.
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/ThirteenMinutes2021 2021 disaster film of the same name]].
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's left unclear if Elsa's son was sired by Elser or her husband, as she had been with him in the period before the baby's conception. This is not much of an issue though, since the baby boy dies shortly after birth, and her husband never knows about the affair.
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* ChummyCommies: The film portrays German Communist positively (mostly because they're enemies of the Nazis). Elser's ''literally'' chummy with them, as though he isn't a Party member himself he joins the Red Front, an associated group they set up, to fight Nazism (before it's suppressed after they take power).

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* ChummyCommies: The film portrays German Communist Communists positively (mostly because they're enemies of the Nazis). Elser's ''literally'' chummy with them, as though he isn't a Party member himself he joins the Red Front, an associated group they set up, to fight Nazism (before it's suppressed after they take power).
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Nazis consider Elser a murderer and terrorist. Most viewers will find it hard to not sympathize though, since his target was Hitler (though bystanders were killed and injured as well).

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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Nazis consider Elser a murderer and terrorist. Most viewers will find it hard to not sympathize though, since his target was Hitler (though bystanders were killed and injured as well).well).
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* DoomedMoralVictor: Elser fails to kill Hitler, obviously, and is later shot by the SS for it. However, he's remembered as a hero for trying.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Kripo chief Nebe condemns Elser for attempting to assassinate Hilter, and also killing seven bystanders in the bombing, asking him what right he had to kill them. At the same time, he's making a list of patients held in asylums on Hitler's orders, who will later be killed as part of the Aktion T4 "euthanasia" program. Of course, he's only concerned with the lives of able-bodied "Aryan" people. The Communists who condemn Nazi misdeeds suffer from this as well, since the USSR did much the same thing (though in fairness they might not know about all of the atrocities at this point).

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Kripo chief Nebe condemns Elser for attempting to assassinate Hilter, Hitler, and also killing seven bystanders in the bombing, asking him what right he had to kill them. At the same time, he's making a list of patients held in asylums on Hitler's orders, who will later be killed as part of the Aktion T4 "euthanasia" program. Of course, he's only concerned with the lives of able-bodied "Aryan" people. The Communists who condemn Nazi misdeeds suffer from this as well, since the USSR did much the same thing (though in fairness they might not know about all of the atrocities at this point).



* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Nazis consider Elser a murderer and terrorist. Most viewers will find it hard to not sympathize though, since his target was Hitler (though bystanders were killed and injured as well, admittedly).

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* SympatheticAdulterer: Elsa has an affair with Elser when she's already married. It's not hard to sympathize with her, though, as her husband is an abusive pig whom she only married because he got her pregnant.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Nazis consider Elser a murderer and terrorist. Most viewers will find it hard to not sympathize though, since his target was Hitler (though bystanders were killed and injured as well, admittedly).well).
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* YourCheatingHeart: Elsa has an affair with Elser when she's already married. It's not hard [[GoodAdulteryBAdAdultery to sympathize with her]], though, as her husband is an abusive pig whom she only married because he got her pregnant.

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