Four Minutes

– Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Release Year:
2006
Four Minutes (2006)

Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.

Producing Country:
Release Date:

18 Apr 2008

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Chris Kraus

Writer:

Chris Kraus

Main Actors:

Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, Richy Müller

Plot:

In Germany, the elder Frau Traude Krueger gives piano classes in a prison for a few prisoners and the security guard Mütze. When she sees the rebel and aggressive Jenny Von Loeben playing piano, she immediately identifies her potential and offers to teach her for a competition. Frau Krueger finds that Jenny was a prodigy when she was a child; abused when she was a teenager and has been imprisoned for murdering and decapitating a man. Along the period they work together preparing for the exhibition, Frau Krueger discloses secrets about her love in World War II while the self-destructive Jenny has four minutes of glory and recognition of her talent.

Awards:

22 wins & 11 nominations.

Production:

EuropaCorp. Distribution

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%