Thirteen Days (2000)

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Movie
German title Thirteen Days
Original title Thirteen Days
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 145 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Roger Donaldson
script David Self
production Peter O. Almond
Armyan Bernstein
Kevin Costner
music Trevor Jones
camera Andrzej Bartkowiak
Roger Deakins
Christopher Duddy
cut Conrad Buff IV
occupation

The US feature film Thirteen Days is a political thriller from 2000 that deals with the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspective of the Americans. The film is largely based on historical facts and works selectively with real clips from that time. The main characters in the film are John F. Kennedy's political advisor , Kenneth "Kenny" O'Donnell , played by Kevin Costner , President John F. Kennedy himself, played by Bruce Greenwood , and his brother Robert "Bobby" Kennedy , played by Steven Culp . Directed by Roger Donaldson .

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October 1962. Find out the Americans that the Soviet Union nuclear ballistic ground-floor - medium-range missiles on Cuba has stationed. These nuclear weapons threaten large parts of the United States.

At first under the strictest secrecy, John F. Kennedy gathered a staff of advisers around him. While a large number of politicians, and especially the military, are in favor of an air strike and a subsequent invasion of Cuba to remove the missiles, President Kennedy is trying to defuse the situation without the use of force. The situation is getting worse, however, because day by day it is becoming more likely that the missiles can be made ready for launch.

Ultimately, the decision was made to block Cuba. This is known as quarantine because a blockade would be considered an act of war. This means that every ship that is on its way to Cuba, no matter what country it comes from, is stopped off the coast and searched. If it is determined that it has weapons on board, it will be turned away and sent back.

Meanwhile, a UN Security Council meeting will be held in New York . In this, the representative of the United States, Adlai Stevenson , can convince the world that the missiles exist in Cuba.

The quarantine was initially successful, but the situation escalated when one of the ships vehemently refused to be searched. Kennedy receives a letter from the Soviet Prime Minister Khrushchev , in which he offers to refrain from sending ships with nuclear weapons to Cuba if the Americans in return undertake to refrain from invading Cuba. Later, however, another letter - contradicting the content of the first - arrives, the author of which is also believed to be Khrushchev. The American crisis team is unsure whether this letter is authentic and whether Khrushchev really still holds the reins in his own hands. US President Kennedy believes that the air strike and the invasion are still imperative options.

During another reconnaissance flight, an aircraft is shot down by a surface-to-air missile and the pilot is killed. War now seems almost inevitable. But hope is growing again: John F. Kennedy sends his brother Robert Kennedy to the Soviet ambassador Dobrynin to negotiate again. When Robert Kennedy and President Kennedy's political advisor Kenny O'Donnell arrive at the embassy building, they see that the Soviets are apparently burning documents. That would mean that the Soviets assume that war is imminent. Robert Kennedy proposes to the Soviet ambassador to withdraw US Jupiter rockets from Turkey within six months and to refrain from invading Cuba if the Soviet Union withdraws its rockets from there. At the same time, this agreement must remain top secret so that the United States does not appear too compliant to the public. Whether war breaks out now depends on the Soviet reaction to Kennedy's offer.

The next morning the crisis ended. Khrushchev has ordered the missiles to be dismantled and shipped back to the Soviet Union. The last scene shows President Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy and his political adviser Kenny O'Donnell standing on a porch of the White House. A speech by Kennedy can be heard in the background.

Reviews

"Brilliant photographed images, perfect facilities and a smooth compression of historical events from the US perspective, the graduates with advanced course should not miss history or politics."

- Cinema

"The film concentrates entirely on the American side, and manages the feat of convincing and exciting portrayal of a politics that is primarily determined by language through a coherent dramaturgical form."

- Lexicon of international film

Trivia

Voice actor

The voice actors for the German version:

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Filmdienst.de and IMDb.com
  2. ^ OFDb.de and Presseportal.de
  3. ↑ synchronkartei.de: Thirteen Days. Retrieved September 16, 2015 .