Valkyrie

original title:
Valkyrie
country / year of production:
USA / 2008
original length:
color
premiere:
25 December 2008, USA
genre:
drama
based on:
director:
Bryan Singer
film script:
Christopher McQuarrie
producer:
Bryan Singer
cinematographer:
Newton Thomas Sigel
editor:
John Ottoman
composer:
John Ottoman
cast (role):
Tom Cruise (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg) , Kenneth Charles Branagh (Major-General Henning von Tresckow) , Bill Nighy (General Friedrich Olbricht) , Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (General Friedrich Fromm) , Carice van Houten (Nina von Stauffenberg) , Tom Cruise , Kenneth Charles Branagh , Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson , Bill Nighy , Carice van Houten
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plot synopsis:
The attempt on Hitler's live on July 20 1944 is the central point of "Operation Valkyrie", a plan to seize controll of Berlin and later of the whole of Germany. However, when Hitler survives the attempted assassination, the military generals have to decide whether they set "Operation Valkyrie" in motion.
keywords:
July 20th, 1944 , assassination , resistance, opposition , conspiracy , coup , order and obedience
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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