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Valkyrie is a 2008 war, drama, and biographical film directed by Bryan Singer. The screenplay was written by Christopher McQuarrie, who also served as a producer alongside Singer and Gilbert Adler. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, and Tom Wilkinson. John Ottman composed the music and edited the film, while Newton Thomas Sigel was the director of photography. Production was handled by United Artists, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Bad Hat Harry Productions, and Achte Babelsberg Film.
The narrative is set in Berlin and the Bendlerblock, focusing on World War II, Adolf Hitler, and Operation Valkyrie. The film is a co-production from Germany and the United States, with dialogue in English and German. It has a runtime of 121 minutes and was rated PG-13. Distribution was managed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 20th Century Studios, and Netflix.
Financially, the film had a budget of 75,000,000 and a capital cost of 80,000,000, generating box office revenue of 200,276,784. It received a Metascore of 56 and an IMDb rating of 7.1 based on 275,250 votes. The film has accumulated 3 wins and 11 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Operation Valkyrie
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- Operation Valkyrie
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Screenwriter
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Composer
- John Ottman
- Production company
- Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Cinematographer
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Narrative location
- Bendlerblock
- Filming location
- Bendlerblock
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 199416
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- valkyrie.unitedartists.com
- Image
- Valkyrie.svg
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 2009-02-19
- film editor
- John Ottman
- title
- Valkyrie
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 80000000
- box office
- 200276784
- different from
- Valkyrie
- costume designer
- Joanna Johnston
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 56/100
- characters
- Adolf Heusinger
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