Operation Walküre

original title:
Operation Walküre
country / year of production:
Germany / 1973
original length:
97+109 min. , color
premiere:
F: 19 July 1973
genre:
docu dram
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director:
Franz Peter Wirth
film script:
Jacques Legris , Helmut Pigge
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cast (role):
Joachim Hansen , Götz von Langheim , Alexander von Rosen
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plot synopsis:
This film is a documentary about the resistance against Hitler. "Operation Walküre" was a secret plan to kill Hitler and stop the war. But Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, the head of the resistance, couldn't succeed. Hitler survived the assassination and the war went on.
keywords:
based on a true story , resistance, opposition , made-for-TV film , assassination , authenticity , fascism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Gerd R. Ueberschär. Stauffenberg und das Attentat vom 20. Juli 1944. Darstellung, Biographien, Dokumente. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2006.
remarks:
Part 1: Initialzündung
Part 2: Tote Stunden
availability:
VHS