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Valkyrie was intended to be a high-profile film that would jump-start United Artists, the host studio partly owned by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. [3]
Valkyrie: Directed by Bryan Singer. With Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson. A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
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- Drama, History, Thriller
- Bryan Singer
- 2008-12-25
Dec 22, 2022 · The 2008 Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie is a historical period piece about the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Cruise has a unique filmography for one of the world's biggest movie stars. He has rarely played a real-life figure, as nearly all of his roles have been original creations.
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- Staff Writer
Aug 20, 2008 · Claus von Stauffenberg: the true story behind the film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise. On 20 July 1944, a German colonel left a bomb in the Führer's office. It exploded, just missing its...
Apr 20, 2023 · Yes, ‘Valkyrie’ is based on a true story. Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, the film takes inspiration from the real-life record of Colonel von Stauffenberg’s plan to assassinate Hitler. The plan was codenamed Valkyrie, which the film gets its name from.
Nathan Alexander. Screenplay. 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.
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Jan 9, 2022 · It's true, though, but the 2008 movie "Valkyrie" wasn't about just any Nazi — it was about the Nazi that tried to kill Adolf Hitler with a bomb.
