Valkyrie
"Many saw evil. They dared to stop it."
DramaThrillerWar
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.
🎬 DirectorBryan Singer
📅 Release2008-12-25
🌍 CountryGermany, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish, German
🏢 StudioBad Hat Harry Productions, Achte Babelsberg Film, United Artists
🗳 Votes4,037
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$75,000,000
💵 Revenue$200,276,000
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🎭 Cast
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
Kevin McNally
Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
David Bamber
Adolf Hitler
Tom Hollander
Colonel Heinz Brandt
David Schofield
Erwin von Witzleben
Christian Berkel
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Jamie Parker
Werner von Haeften
🎥 Crew
Director
Bryan Singer
Producer
Gilbert Adler
Producer
Christopher McQuarrie
Producer
Bryan Singer
Screenplay
Nathan Alexander
Director of Photography
Newton Thomas Sigel
Screenplay
Christopher McQuarrie
Original Music Composer
John Ottman
Editor
John Ottman
Editor
Elliot Graham
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🏷 Keywords
friendshipsuicideplanberlin, germanyhusband wife relationshipassassinationnazibombresistancemilitary officerworld war iibased on true story
💬 Reviews
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 …
Tom Cruise sports an eye-patch as he takes on the role of Nazi war hero Claus von Stauffenberg. Badly injured he returns to Germany where he is quickly appointed to staff rank with regular access to an appreciative Führer (David Bamber). His arrival co-insides with the increasingly stark realisation from many politicians and officers alike that their hopes of winning the war were dwindling and th…
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