Valkyrie

Biography, History, Thriller

Tom Cruise	Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh	Major-General Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy	General Friedrich Olbricht
Tom Wilkinson	General Friedrich Fromm
Carice van Houten	Nina von Stauffenberg
Thomas Kretschmann	Major Otto Ernst Remer
Terence Stamp	Ludwig Beck
Eddie Izzard	General Erich Fellgiebel
Kevin McNally	Dr. Carl Goerdeler
Christian Berkel	Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim
Jamie Parker	Lieutenant Werner von Haeften
David Bamber	Adolf Hitler
Tom Hollander	Colonel Heinz Brandt
David Schofield	Erwin von Witzleben
Kenneth Cranham	Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

Director	Bryan Singer
Producer	Bryan Singer; Tom Cruise
Writer	Christopher McQuarrie; Nathan Alexander
Cinematography	Newton Thomas Sigel
Musician	John Ottman

During the second World War, many German officers are unhappy with the increasing instability of the Fuhrer. Among these men are Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) and Major General Henning von Tresckow (Kenneth Branagh). After an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler (David Bamber) fails, the soldiers discover that there is no plan for the anarchy that would follow a political or natural disaster. This group of resistance fighters then discover Operation Valkyrie, a plan to deploy the Reserve Army. Once the plan is solidly in place, Hitler is apparently killed by a bomb set by Van Stauffenberg. However, before the Project Valkyrie can take effect, Hitler manages to contact General Olbricht (Bill Nighy), head of the reserve army. The plot soon unravels, and the conspirators are captured and executed.