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"Valkyrie" is a 2008 historical thriller directed by Bryan Singer that dramatizes a real plot by German military officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II. The film explores this important moment of internal resistance to the Nazi regime and the personal risks those involved took in attempting to overthrow the government from within.
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7.0Wounded 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.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- Kenneth Branagh as Henning von Tresckow
- Bill Nighy as Friedrich Olbricht
- Terence Stamp as Ludwig Beck
- Tom Wilkinson as Friedrich Fromm
- Carice van Houten as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Themes
- friendship
- suicide
- plan
- berlin, germany
- husband wife relationship
- assassination
- nazi
- bomb
- resistance
- military officer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
272,480 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 11 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bryan Singer
- Written by
- Nathan Alexander Christopher McQuarrie
- Produced by
- Bryan Singer Gilbert Adler Christopher McQuarrie
- Starring
- Tom Cruise Kenneth Branagh Bill Nighy Tom Wilkinson Carice van Houten Thomas Kretschmann Terence Stamp
- Cinematography
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Edited by
- John Ottman
- Music by
- John Ottman
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures United Artists Bad Hat Harry Productions
- Distributed by
- MGM Distribution Co. (United States), 20th Century Fox (Germany)
- Release date
- December 25, 2008 ( 2008-12-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- United States Germany
- Languages
- English German
- Budget
- $75–90 million
- Box office
- $201.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 199416
- Official website
- valkyrie.unitedartists.com
- Image
- Valkyrie.svg
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- publication date
- 2009-02-19
- title
- Valkyrie
- capital cost
- 80000000
- box office
- 200276784
- review score
- 56/100
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Valkyrie (German: Walküre, as featured in the opening sequence) is a 2008 historical thriller film directed by Bryan Singer, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, starring Tom Cruise. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and 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. The film was released by American studio United Artists and stars Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The supporting cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, and Tom Wilkinson.
Cruise's casting caused controversy among German politicians and members of the von Stauffenberg family due to the actor's practice of Scientology, which is viewed with suspicion in Germany. Because of this, the filmmakers initially had difficulty setting up filming locations in Germany, but they were later given access to locations such as Berlin's historic Bendlerblock. German newspapers and filmmakers supported the film and its intention to spread global awareness of von Stauffenberg's plot.