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Valkyrie( 2008)

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Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.

Overview

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tom Cruise

      Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

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      Kenneth Branagh

      Henning von Tresckow

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      Bill Nighy

      Friedrich Olbricht

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      Terence Stamp

      Ludwig Beck

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      Tom Wilkinson

      Friedrich Fromm

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      Carice van Houten

      Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

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      Kenneth Cranham

      Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

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      Thomas Kretschmann

      Otto Ernst Remer

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      Eddie Izzard

      Erich Fellgiebel

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      Kevin McNally

      Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler

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      David Bamber

      Adolf Hitler

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      Tom Hollander

      Colonel Heinz Brandt

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      David Schofield

      Erwin von Witzleben

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      Christian Berkel

      Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

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      Jamie Parker

      Werner von Haeften

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      Ian McNeice

      Pompous General

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      Danny Webb

      Captain Haans

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      Bernard Hill

      General - Desert Sequence

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      Chris Larkin

      Sergeant Helm

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      Matthew Burton

      Lieutenant-General Adolf Heusinger

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      Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg

      Hermann Göring

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      Matthias Freihof

      Heinrich Himmler

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      Halina Reijn

      Margarethe Van Oven

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      Anton Algrang

      Albert Speer

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      Werner Daehn

      Ernst-John Von Freyend

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      Matthias Schweighöfer

      SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando

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      Andy Gätjen

      SS-Soldat

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      Philipp von Schulthess

      SS-Adjutant von Henning von Tresckow

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      Karl Alexander Seidel

      Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

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      Justus Kammerer

      Heimeran Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

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      Frank Christian Marx

      Thomas Arnold

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      Florian Panzner

      Leutnant Hans Wilhelm Hagen

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      Julian Morris

      Young Lieutenant - Desert

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      Tim Williams

      Doctor

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    A review by Wuchak

    7
    Written by Wuchak on Fri Jun 29 2018
    Not all Germans supported that madman RELEASED IN 2008 and directed by Bryan Singer, "Valkyrie" is a World War II crime thriller based on the true story of the last German plot to assassinate Hitler in the Summer of 1944, although it wasn't a crime, of course, but rather an act of heroism. Tom Cruise resembles the protagonist, Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg, but he lacks his height. Despite this, Cruise is solid in the role and the story works up some quality suspense. Even though we know the plot will fail, you can't help but root for the dissenters' success. Almost 5000 Germans were sub...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    75000000.00

    Revenue

    200276000.00

    Keywords

    • friendship
    • suicide
    • plan
    • berlin, germany
    • husband wife relationship
    • assassination
    • nazi
    • bomb
    • resistance
    • military officer
    • world war ii
    • treason
    • deception
    • german officer
    • colonel
    • medal
    • operation valkyrie