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Valkyrie

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 1m
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
248K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,602
349
    • Bryan Singer
    • Christopher McQuarrie
    • Nathan Alexander
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Bill Nighy
    • Carice van Houten
    • Bryan Singer
    • Christopher McQuarrie
    • Nathan Alexander
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Bill Nighy
    • Carice van Houten
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    • 502User reviews
    • 183Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
    Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy
    • General Friedrich Olbricht
    Carice van Houten
    Carice van Houten
    • Nina von Stauffenberg
    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
    • Major-General Henning von Tresckow
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • General Friedrich Fromm
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Major Otto Ernst Remer
    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • General Ludwig Beck
    Eddie Izzard
    Eddie Izzard
    • General Erich Fellgiebel
    Kevin McNally
    Kevin McNally
    • Dr. Carl Goerdeler
    • (as Kevin R. McNally)
    Christian Berkel
    Christian Berkel
    • Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim
    Jamie Parker
    Jamie Parker
    • Lieutenant Werner von Haeften
    David Bamber
    David Bamber
    • Adolf Hitler
    Tom Hollander
    Tom Hollander
    • Colonel Heinz Brandt
    David Schofield
    David Schofield
    • Erwin von Witzleben
    Kenneth Cranham
    Kenneth Cranham
    • Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
    Halina Reijn
    Halina Reijn
    • Margarethe von Oven
    Werner Daehn
    Werner Daehn
    • Major Ernst John von Freyend
    Harvey Friedman
    Harvey Friedman
    • Dr. Joseph Goebbels
      • Bryan Singer
      • Christopher McQuarrie
      • Nathan Alexander
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    • Trivia
      Philipp von Schulthess, who plays Tresckow's aide in this movie, is the grandson of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. In the movie, Countess Nina Von Stauffenberg is pregnant with the mother of Philipp von Schulthess.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 8 mins) The table leg where Stauffenberg places the bomb was a "stout" (block) leg not a peg leg as shown. This was the critical difference in saving Adolf Hitler's life, because Colonel Brandt, trying to get a better view of the map, moved the briefcase to the other side of the stout block, away from Hitler. The blast thus blew away from Hitler, and ironically toward Brandt, who died from it.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: Long live sacred Germany!

    • Connections
      Featured in stern TV: Episode dated 30 January 2008 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      They'll Remember You
      Written by John Ottman and Lior Rosner

      Orchestrated by Lior Rosner

      Performed by the Rundfunkchor Berlin

      Mezzo Soprano: Sylke Schwab

      Conductor: Günther Joseck (as Günter Joseck)

      German Language Music Consultant: Lee Rothfarb, Ph.D.

      Lyrics adapted from Wanderer's Nachtlied II by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

      The Rundfunkchor Berlin is an ensemble of The Rundfunkchor-Orchestra und Chöre GmbH Berlin

      Shareholders are Deutschlandradio, The Federal Republic of Germany, The Federal State of Berlin and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting Service

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    8/10
    Ignore the Nagative Hype
    Forget all the negative hype surrounding Valkyrie, because I assure you it is false. Bryan Singer has made a well-crafted thriller that kept me and my family on the edge of our seats until the end – even though we all know what the story's unfortunate outcome. Also, many tabloids were making this out to be the movie that would permanently cripple the career of Tom Cruise. This is entirely false. Cruise delivers a fine performance, and this hatred I can only assume is related to his rather odd personal life. Tom Cruise is as strong of an actor as he ever was, and I won't let something like turning Oprah's couch into a playground deny the fact that the man has talent, and is a truly passionate actor (and seriously, he does have a slight resemblance to Stauffenberg).

    The movie is based on the last of fifteen known attempts on the life of German dictator Adolf Hitler (I'm sure everyone will have him in a nice "Five Most Evil People" list), and has Tom Cruise playing Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who of course was the key player in the assassination attempt. Ultimately this attempt failed (as we all know Hitler would die by suicide nine months later), but that doesn't keep Valkyrie from being an addictively engaging film.

    Every member of the cast does their part well, not jockeying for superiority in any way. More importantly Cruise does not grandstand in this movie, fading in with the rest of the cast, rather than trying to stand above them like you'd expect, given his past films. Cruise gives a performance similar to 2005's War of the Worlds, where he does a good performance, but he never tries to overpower the other members of the cast. In Valkyrie Tom Cruise is a being a good team player, not trying to steal any glory, and never once does he overact the part.

    Using very little CGI Valkyrie is also a wonderful film to look at. The vintage automobiles and aircrafts make this film have a distinct authentic flair that few other war films have (CGI looks like it was only used for the climatic assassination attempt). You can look at this and tell that this is the real deal, with the production team putting careful care into how they want this film to look, unlike most Blockbuster films that try and inflate every aspect of the film rather than aim for reality. Like the performance by Tom Cruise they don't try and overpower the audience with special effects, they simply let the characters slip into the realistic settings.

    Also, the complaints about the accents I truly feel are desperate attempts to bash Cruise's performance. It was director Bryan Singer's concept to not use false German accents, and not that of Cruise, or the primarily British cast. I agree with Singer's concept that if feels false, and inaccurate to have people speak in English, but with foreign accents. I know several Germans in real life, and they do not sound very "German" when they speak in English, because the accent is not intended for the English language. I personally feel the desire for English being spoken in German accents comes from decades of WWII films where we've categorized every-single member of the German army, and by them speaking in that accent only is to cliché them and separate them from American audiences. They can speak in German accents, but only if they're speaking in German, because if they aren't it seems to be a tool to keep your common American moviegoer from relating to the characters.

    Don't go into Valkyrie expecting to be greeted with a horrifically bad film that you will be able to poke fun at with friends. The movie has been released, and I feel the rumors, and negative hype of been proved decisively false. This isn't a movie to kill Cruise's career, but it won't help him regain love in the American community either (as previously mentioned he doesn't shine so much as mix in with the rest of the cast). It is a very enjoyable dramatization of a true event, and I don't think the material could have been handled much better, even with a full German cast, because Singer's style and method of conveying this story are all very well-done.

    Go out and enjoy this dramatization of one of the darkest periods of human history. It is worth every second of your time, and all though it isn't Oscar-worthy it is certainly worth two-hours of your time.
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      • December 25, 2008 (United States)
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    • Filming locations
      • Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, Stauffenbergstrasse, Berlin, Germany
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      • United Artists
      • Bad Hat Harry Productions
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