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Title: Valkyrie (2008)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tom Cruise | ... | Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg | |
| Kenneth Branagh | ... | Major-General Henning von Tresckow | |
| Bill Nighy | ... | General Friedrich Olbricht | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | General Friedrich Fromm | |
| Carice van Houten | ... | Nina von Stauffenberg | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Major Otto Ernst Remer | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | Ludwig Beck | |
| Eddie Izzard | ... | General Erich Fellgiebel | |
| Kevin McNally | ... | Dr. Carl Goerdeler (as Kevin R. McNally) | |
| Christian Berkel | ... | Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim | |
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Jamie Parker | ... | Lieutenant Werner von Haeften |
| David Bamber | ... | Adolf Hitler | |
| Tom Hollander | ... | Colonel Heinz Brandt | |
| David Schofield | ... | Erwin von Witzleben | |
| Kenneth Cranham | ... | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel | |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of the Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a nearly inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Adolf Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of Der Führer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
This story is based on real incidents happened in Germany in 1944 during the Hitler regime of World War II. German Colonel Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) gets injured in a war at South Africa. He loses one eye, one palm and two fingers on the other hand. Stauffenberg feels that Hitler is doing more harm to Germany than any help. There is a group of officers who feel the same. He joins them and conspires and executes a plot to assassinate Hitler using Operation Valkyrie which holds key to the usage of reserved army in crisis.
WE KNOW THE CLIMAX: All of us knew that Hitler final end came through the act of suicide. Hence we knew in advance that he was not assassinated. And the entire movie runs on an attempt to assassinate Hitler. It requires tremendous narrative from the director if the audiences already knew the climax. Bryan Singer who directed the most fascinating 'The Usual Suspects' comes up with another riveting thriller drama in the form of 'Valkyrie'.
It is more fascinating because a part of German Army believes that Germany's reputation is going down because of Hitler. This film shows the humanistic soldiers who are under director command of Hitler. I loved the way Hitler is shown. The entire film is shot from the point of view of Stauffenberg. Hence Hitler is shown for a few seconds in the entire movie that's too in flashes without revealing the entire body.
TAILPIECE: Valkyrie is a tautly made psychological thriller with interesting background and is based on real incidents involving Hitler's final months. This film has linear narration with no confusion.