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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]
Aug 1, 2024 · The movie Valkyrie, released in 2008, is based on the true story of the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Iconic Role: Tom Cruise portrays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the principal character and leader of the assassination attempt.
Dec 25, 2008 · 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 · Tom Cruise's historical drama Valkyrie tells the true story of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and the movie adheres closely to reality. The assassination plot was stranger than fiction.
- Zachary Moser
- Staff Writer
Dec 22, 2008 · "Valkyrie" is a meticulous thriller based on a large-scale conspiracy within the German army to assassinate Hitler, leading to a failed bombing attempt on July 20, 1944. At the center of the plot was Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, played here by Tom Cruise as the moving force behind the attempted coup, which led to 700 arrests and 200 executions ...
Dec 25, 2008 · 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.
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Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.
