Valkyrie (2008)

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Starring

• Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
• Kenneth Branagh as Henning von Tresckow
• Bill Nighy as Friedrich Olbricht
• Stephen Fry
• Tom Wilkinson as Friedrich Fromm
• Carice van Houten
• Eddie Izzard as Erich Fellgiebel
• Halina Reijn
• David Bamber
• Thomas Kretschmann

Movie Story

In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Tom Cruise stars in the suspense film, VALKYRIE, based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (CRUISE) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Director Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS, X-MEN, SUPERMAN RETURNS) re-teams with Academy Award-winning USUAL SUSPECTS screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to bring to life the story of the men who led the operation to assassinate Hitler. The film also stars an acclaimed cast including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Eddie Izzard, Christian Berkel and Terence Stamp.

A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler's own emergency plan - known as Operation Valkyrie - these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside.

With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, von Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.

VALKYRIE is produced by Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie and Gilbert Adler. McQuarrie co-wrote the original screenplay with Nathan Alexander who also serves as co-producer. The executive producers are Chris Lee, Ken Kamins, Daniel M. Snyder, Dwight C. Schar and Mark Shapiro.

The film was shot in Germany at various locations where many of the actual events occurred, including the historic Bendlerblock. Recreating the atmosphere of urgency and paranoia inside the German resistance is a team that includes Singer's frequent collaborators Newton Thomas Sigel (SUPERMAN RETURNS, X2, X-MEN) as director of photography and editor/composer John Ottman (SUPERMAN RETURNS, X2); as well as production designers Lilly Kilvert (two-time Oscar-nominee for THE LAST SAMURAI and LEGENDS OF THE FALL) and Patrick Lumb (THE OMEN) and costume designer Joanna Johnston (MUNICH, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN).

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Reader's Reviews

A true story, great acting, excellent writing and definitely worth seeing on a full screen for maximum impact.

posted by Valkyrie on Nov 30, 2008

Great movie, realistic, and very good acting. Tom Cruise could have made a German accent though...

posted by Tokarev on Jan 20, 2009

i went to this movie and it was i don know it's like something really cool..tom cruise is a legend to me

posted by ahmed al rawi on Feb 01, 2009

i love it

posted by arthur on May 12, 2009

I really like this film - got it on DVD! A MUST WATCH MOVIE - - GOOD HISTORY!

posted by Mandip on Jun 11, 2009

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posted by Pbuicvxk on Jul 15, 2009

If you have to do it, you might as well do it right.

posted by order adipex online on Jul 31, 2009

mICj42 Perfect work!

posted by adipex p on Aug 02, 2009

very disappointing. boring, and lame coming from the director of the usual suspects, one of my favourite movies.

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009

it was a cool film. the case explosion made me laugh!

posted by DarkKnight300 on Oct 18, 2009

FUCKING BERLIN! halarious! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAR!

posted by F.Berlin on Oct 18, 2009

The Explosion was FUNNY! Hitlers there tapping on the table coming up with a master plan, and then PWOOOO! BOOM! HA HA HA HA HAR!!!

posted by DarkKnight300 on Oct 18, 2009