4 real historical locations · Germany
A German carpenter comes within 13 minutes of killing Hitler with a bomb planted in a Munich beer hall in 1939. Based on the true story of Georg Elser, it is a taut thriller about one ordinary man who risked everything to change history — and why it failed.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Germany.
Cabinet-maker Georg Elser plants a bomb in the Bürgerbräukeller to kill Hitler on 8 November 1939 — but Hitler leaves 13 minutes before the explosion, and El...
Georg Elser acted entirely alone over 30 nights, tunnelling into the Bürgerbräukeller's pillar. Hitler left early due to fog grounding his aircraft. The blast killed 8 people, injured 62. Elser was kept alive as a 'sp...
View location →Georg Elser, a carpenter from this small Swabian town, grows up watching his neighbours embrace Nazism while he quietly resists. The film intercuts his inter...
Johann Georg Elser (1903–1945) was a cabinetmaker who acted entirely alone. His political convictions formed in the early 1930s as he watched the Nazi movement destroy labour rights and freedoms he valued.
View location →Elser spends over 30 nights hiding inside this Munich beer hall, carving a cavity into a pillar beside the podium and installing his timed bomb — 13 minutes ...
On 8 November 1939, Elser's bomb exploded and killed 8 people. Hitler had left 13 minutes early. It remains the closest anyone came to killing Hitler. Elser was arrested at the Swiss border that same night.
View location →After years of Gestapo interrogation in Berlin, Elser is sent to Dachau as a special prisoner. He is kept alive as a potential propaganda asset — and execute...
Elser was killed at Dachau on 9 April 1945 on direct orders from the SS, one month before Germany's defeat. His act of resistance went largely uncelebrated for decades; he is now recognised as a hero.
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