Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland

original title:
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland
other titles:
Seven Minutes
country / year of production:
Germany , USA / 1989
original length:
color
premiere:
19 October 1989
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Stephan Sheppard. The Artisan.
director:
Klaus Maria Brandauer
film script:
Stephan Sheppard
producer:
Moritz Borman , Rainer Söhnlein
cinematographer:
Lajos Koltai
editor:
composer:
Georges Delerue
cast (role):
Klaus Maria Brandauer (Elser) , Rebecca Miller (Anneliese) , Brian Dennehy (Wagner) , Nigel Le Vaillant (Mayer) , Maggie O'Neill (Berta) , Klaus Maria Brandauer , Vadim Glowna , Hans Stettner , Elisabeth Orth , Dietrich Hollinderbäumer , Hans Michael Rehberg , Roger Ashton-Griffiths , Maggie O'Neill , Nigel Le Vaillant , Brian Dennehy , Rebecca Miller , Peter Andorai
more:
plot synopsis:
When Georg Elser, a carpenter and occasional watchmaker, witnesses the deportation of a jewish family he decides to kill Hitler in the Bürgerbräukeller on the occasion of his appearance at the anniversary of 1923 march to the Feldherrnhalle. A love-affair with one of the waitresses makes his plan even more difficult. When his bomb exlodes on november 8th 1938 Hitler has just left the building. Together with his lover Elser tries to escape to Switzerland but is arrested as he tries to cross the border.
keywords:
assassination , resistance, opposition , escape , execution
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Hellmut G. Haasis. "Den Hitler jag ich in die Luft" - Der Attentäter Georg Elser. Eine Biographie. Berlin: Rowohlt, 1999.
remarks:
More information on Georg Elser under http://www.zbdachau.de/elser/links.htm (most of it in German).
availability:
VHS