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.
Editor's Verdict
"Valkyrie is a historical war thriller focused entirely on the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. The 'Holiday Release' noted is a marketing/release detail, not a narrative element. All narrative criteria (Setting, Plot, Theme, Iconography, Resolution) score 'None' because Christmas plays no role in the events described."
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🎄 Notable Elements
Cast & Crew
Tom Cruise
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh
Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy
Friedrich Olbricht
Terence Stamp
Ludwig Beck
Tom Wilkinson
Friedrich Fromm
Carice van Houten
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Cranham
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Thomas Kretschmann
Otto Ernst Remer
Eddie Izzard
Erich Fellgiebel
Kevin McNally
Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
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