Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel makes a return to World War II with this tense and fascinating story about a determined German man who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1939. Georg Elser (played with great sympathy by Christian Friedel) placed a bomb behind Hitler’s lectern in a Munich beer cellar, but the explosion missed the Führer by a fateful 13 minutes.

The film flashes back and forth between Elser’s mounting unease at Hitler’s rise in the 1940s and his interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo (who he refuses to cooperate with – with painful consequences). A gripping look at Germany and the rise of fascism through one man’s story of resistance, and a tribute to a man of great courage and will.

• The screening of 13 Minutes on Tue 28 July is part of our Cinébites deal: Get 30% off any main dish in the Café/Bar with a valid cinema ticket.

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