V13 (film)

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V13
V13 2025 movie poster.jpeg
Directed by Richard Ledes
Written byRichard Ledes
Alain-Didier Weill
Production
companies
  • Footnote Four
  • Vienna 1913 Productions
Release date
  • April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04)(Vimeo)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

V13 is a 2025 American historical drama film directed by Richard Ledes starring Alan Cumming, Samuel H. Levine, and Liam Aiken. [1] Its an adaptation of Alain Didier-Weill's play Vienne 1913. [2]

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Premise

The plot follows the meeting of Sigmund Freud, Adolf Hitler and pianist Hugo in Vienna on the eve of the World War I. [2]

Cast

Release

It was released on Vimeo On Demand on April 4, 2025, and other VOD services on May 13, 2025. [3]

Reception

On Film Threat , Tom Atkinson scored the film a 8 out of 10 writing in his review consensus section: "beneath the intellectual thicket lies real emotional heft." [2] On Crooked Marquee, Josh Bell rated it a "C−" describing it as "tedious" and "stilted drama". [3]

Writing for The Forward , PJ Grisar praised Samuel H. Levine's performance as Hitler, and commenting on the film wrote that "from the first minute, Ledes’ film is overstuffed with enough ideas to bowl over Tom Stoppard." [4]

See also

References

  1. "V13". Richard Ledes. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Atkinson, Tom (April 30, 2025). "V13". Film Threat. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bell, Josh (April 8, 2025). "VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) on Demand This Week". Crooked Marquee. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  4. Grisar, PJ (April 4, 2025). "In 1913 Vienna, Freud meets Hitler — and the patient of his nightmares". The Forward. Retrieved August 26, 2025.