Valkyrie
Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(4.3K votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $200M worldwide, about 2.7 times its $75M budget
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Based on
Based on 20 July plot
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Filming locations
Filmed in Berlin and Bendlerblock
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Setting
Set in Bendlerblock and Berlin
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Music
Music by John Ottman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Christopher McQuarrieScreenplay
- Nathan AlexanderScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 25, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $75M
- Revenue
- $200.3M
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Tom CruiseClaus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Kenneth BranaghHenning von Tresckow
Bill NighyFriedrich Olbricht
Terence StampLudwig Beck
Tom WilkinsonFriedrich Fromm
Carice van HoutenNina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Kenneth CranhamField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Thomas KretschmannOtto Ernst Remer
Suzy Eddie IzzardErich Fellgiebel
Kevin McNallyCarl-Friedrich Goerdeler
David BamberAdolf Hitler
Tom HollanderColonel Heinz Brandt
David SchofieldErwin von Witzleben
Christian BerkelAlbrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Jamie ParkerWerner von Haeften
Ian McNeicePompous General
Danny WebbCaptain Haans
Bernard HillGeneral - Desert Sequence
Chris LarkinSergeant Helm
Matthew BurtonLieutenant-General Adolf Heusinger
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