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Valkyrie (2008)
Director: Bryan Singer
Synopsis
After being injured during a raid in North Africa, Nazi Colonel von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) returns to Germany to help Hitler plan Operation Valkyrie, an emergency procedure which will be carried out if the Fuhrer is unexpectedly assassinated. However, little does Hitler know that Stauffenberg and his colleague von Treschow (Kenneth Branagh) are not just organising a contingency plan in the event of his murder; they’re also plotting the murder itself…
Cast & crew
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Eddie Izzard, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp full cast
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