Valkyrie

Valkyrie (2008) — DVD

Valkyrie (2008) is a tense historical thriller based on the real July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. After becoming disillusioned with the Nazi regime, German officer Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg joins a clandestine resistance group. Their daring plan is to use Operation Valkyrie, an emergency military contingency, to seize control of Germany after Hitler's death. As the conspirators race against time, secrecy and loyalty become matters of life and death.

Film Details

• Writers: Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander
• Rating: PG-13
• Runtime: Approximately 121 minutes

Cast and Characters

• Tom Cruise — Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
• Kenneth Branagh — Major General Henning von Tresckow
• Bill Nighy — General Friedrich Olbricht
• Tom Wilkinson — General Friedrich Fromm
• Carice van Houten — Nina von Stauffenberg
• Eddie Izzard — General Erich Fellgiebel
• Terence Stamp — General Ludwig Beck
• Thomas Kretschmann — Major Otto Ernst Remer
• David Bamber — Adolf Hitler

Five Movie Facts

1. The story dramatizes the real assassination attempt against Hitler on July 20, 1944.
2. Operation Valkyrie was an actual German Reserve Army emergency plan that conspirators intended to repurpose for a coup.
3. Tom Cruise portrays Claus von Stauffenberg, the German officer who carried the bomb into Hitler's headquarters.
4. Director Bryan Singer previously worked with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie on The Usual Suspects.
5. Some filming took place in Germany, including locations associated with the historical events.

Format: DVD

Condition: Used

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