Elser

He would have changed the world
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
2015, 114min

German Film Award 2015
Nomination Best Production Design

House Härlen

House Härlen Room

Back of Elser’s parents’ house

Elser’s parents’ house street side

Elser’s parental home parlor

Inn Hecht

Location

Set Gaststube “Hecht” in South Tyrol

Set Gasthof “Hecht” garden side

Location

Set Königsbronn marketplace

The Gestapo arrests Elser’s relatives

Harvest Festival

Lake Constance

Iron and steel works

Watchmaker

Hist. photo of the bomb that Elsers had to rebuild on behalf of the Gestapo

Requisit bomb: Movements and trigger mechanism

Bomb hiding place in the Bürgerbräukeller

The cavity reached to the middle of the column

Converted wall cladding

3d design Bürgerbräukeller

Installation in a warehouse in South Tyrol

Historical postcard of the bürgerbräukeller

Set Bürgerbräukeller incl. VFX extension

Reich Main Security Office, Berlin

Reich Main Security Office, Nebe Office

RSHA, Elser’s interrogation room

RSHA, Elser’s interrogation room

Plötzensee execution site

Crew
Script Fred Breinersdorfer, Léonie Breinersdorfer
Direction Oliver Hirschbiegel
Camera Judith Kaufmann
Production Design Benedikt Herforth, Thomas Stammer
Costume Bettina Marx
VFX Supervisor Urs Franzen
Cut Alexander Dittner
Production Lucky Bird Pictures, Boris Ausserer
Producer Oliver Schündler
Role Cast
Georg Elser Christian Friedel
Elsa Katarina Schüttler
Nebe Burghart Klaußner