Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, a man who led an assassination plot on Adolph Hitler's life in 1944. The film also stars Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, and Eddie Izzard.
The "July 20th plot" on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government ... He must kill Hitler himself.
Singer stated, Valkyrie tells a story that is not only exciting but also important. It's something that Chris McQuarrie and I have wanted to do for some time. I can't imagine shooting it anywhere else but on location in Germany, and I'm thrilled that we were able to get Tom Cruise to play Col. Stauffenberg."
Valkyrie opens on August 8th, 2008.
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divamentalis
Looks like it could be a good film. There are some great actors in it. But why, oh why did Tom Cruise have to play Stauffenberg? There are many other fine actors better suited for the role. For one thing, Stauffenberg was a tall man - Cruise is rather lacking in inches!
4 years agoby @divamentalisFlag
VishnuSharma
I think Tom Cruise will do justice to the role
But everybody will agree with me here that if
Christopher Reeve was alive and well he would have been a spitting image of the strapping Colonel.
Christopher Reeve resembled Von Stauffenberg 98%
One thing I do not want the director to leave out in the movie is the other failed attempts by Major General Henning von Tresckow.
Adolf was one lucky Wolf of a man.
4 years agoby @vishnusharmaFlag
VishnuSharma
I think Tom Cruise will do justice to the role
But everybody will agree with me here that if
Christopher Reeve was alive and well he would have been a spitting image of the strapping Colonel.
Christopher Reeve resembled Von Stauffenberg 98%
One thing I do not want the director to leave out in the movie is the other failed attempts by Major General Henning von Tresckow.
Adolf was one lucky Wolf.
4 years agoby @vishnusharmaFlag
AHnuld
Looks diffrent. Should be good. Brian Singer is a good director and we all know that tom can act. Exciting to see were they go with this movie.
5 years agoby @ahnuldFlag
Rock
Wow cant beleive he got the role , gees he is hilarious with that eye patch. I still wonder why people keep givin him roles he realy is not that great
5 years agoby @elrochoFlag
enigma-one
lets hope he plays this very straight and not his usual over the top!
5 years agoby @enigma-oneFlag
alexrakic
They are granted permission to shoot anywhere in Germany/Berlin except the place where Stauffenber (Cruise's character) got executed...
5 years agoby @alexrakicFlag
Frenzy2001
Oh, didn't see the stuff above the pictures. They could just be filming scenery, or some of the non-Cruise parts of the movie. That or the German government got in trouble for persecuting him due to his (and I use this next word loosly) religeon.
5 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag
Tronticon
Hmmm.. Without knowing much about this movie (dont care either) Tom lookes like he's in a movie about either the Military, the Aryan Nation or a Gay Porn flick!!!
LOL!!!!!
5 years agoby @tronticonFlag
alexrakic
the first paragraph says that its filmed in Berlin:
"...principle photography on Bryan Singer's latest project Valkyrie has stared in Berlin."
5 years agoby @alexrakicFlag
Frenzy2001
Sounds interesting. I'll have to see trailers before I even consider this one though. Also, Aero, nowhere in this story do they say that it is being filmed in Germany.
5 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag
Aero
I guess I missed something - last I heard the Germans had banned Tom Cruise filming in their country.
5 years agoby @aeroFlag
TheEdge76
The likeness would be dead on if Cruise didn't have such a big nose. But I got to give him some credit, he looks like a badass with an eyepatch.
5 years agoby @cwalkenisthemanFlag