Valkyrie
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Valkyrie

Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.

7.0 / 10 2008 2h 1mPG-13 English
DramaThrillerWar

Storyline

Wounded 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 & Crew

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Lead
Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Henning von Tresckow

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Friedrich Olbricht

Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp

Ludwig Beck

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Friedrich Fromm

Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten

Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Otto Ernst Remer

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bryan Singer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Valkyrie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker