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Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 12/25/2008 (US) Drama, Thriller, War 2h 1m

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Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.

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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.

Bryan Singer

Director
Nathan Alexander

Screenplay
Christopher McQuarrie

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Tom Cruise

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh

Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy

Friedrich Olbricht
Terence Stamp

Ludwig Beck
Tom Wilkinson

Friedrich Fromm
Carice van Houten

Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Cranham

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Thomas Kretschmann

Otto Ernst Remer
Eddie Izzard

Erich Fellgiebel
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on June 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... read the rest.

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