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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 Awardr-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.
Original Release
12/09/2008
US Release
12/25/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Cruise | Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg / Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
Kenneth Branagh | Major-General Henning von Tresckow / Henning von Tresckow |
Bill Nighy | General Friedrich Olbricht / Friedrich Olbricht |
Tom Wilkinson | General Friedrich Fromm / Friedrich Fromm |
Carice Van Houten | Nina von Stauffenberg / Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg |
Thomas Kretschmann | Major Otto Ernst Remer / Otto Ernst Remer |
Terence Stamp | Ludwig Beck |
Kevin McNally | Dr. Carl Goerdeler / Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler |
Christian Berkel | Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim / Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim |
Jamie Parker | Lieutenant Werner von Haeften / Werner von Haeften |
Directors
Writers
Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Cruise | Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg / Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
Kenneth Branagh | Major-General Henning von Tresckow / Henning von Tresckow |
Bill Nighy | General Friedrich Olbricht / Friedrich Olbricht |
Tom Wilkinson | General Friedrich Fromm / Friedrich Fromm |
Carice Van Houten | Nina von Stauffenberg / Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg |
Thomas Kretschmann | Major Otto Ernst Remer / Otto Ernst Remer |
Terence Stamp | Ludwig Beck |
Kevin McNally | Dr. Carl Goerdeler / Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler |
Christian Berkel | Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim / Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim |
Jamie Parker | Lieutenant Werner von Haeften / Werner von Haeften |
David Bamber | Adolf Hitler |
Tom Hollander | Colonel Heinz Brandt |
David Schofield | Erwin von Witzleben |
Kenneth Cranham | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel |
Halina Reijn | Margarethe von Oven / Margarethe Van Oven |
Werner Daehn | Major Ernst John von Freyend / Ernst-John Von Freyend |
Harvey Friedman | Dr. Joseph Goebbels |
Matthias Schweighofer | Lieutenant Herber / SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando |
Waldemar Kobus | Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf |
Florian Panzner | Second Lieutenant Hagen / Leutnant Hans Wilhelm Hagen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Kamins | Executive Producer |
Chris Lee | Executive Producer |
Dwight C. Schar | Executive Producer |
Mark Shapiro | Executive Producer |
Daniel M. Snyder | Executive Producer |
John Ottman | Executive Producer |
Bryan Singer | Producer |
Gilbert Adler | Producer |
Nathan Alexander | Producer |
Chris Brock | Producer |
Christoph Fisser | Producer |
Oliver Lüer | Producer |
Christopher McQuarrie | Producer |
Henning Molfenter | Producer |
Robert F. Phillips | Producer |
Jeffrey Wetzel | Producer |
Charlie Woebcken | Producer |