In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is
being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group
of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Tom
Cruise stars in the suspense film, VALKYRIE, based on the true story of Colonel
Claus von Stauffenberg (CRUISE) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate
one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Director Bryan Singer
(THE USUAL SUSPECTS, X-MEN, SUPERMAN RETURNS) re-teams with Academy
Award®-winning USUAL SUSPECTS screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to bring to
life the story of the men who led the operation to assassinate Hitler. The film
also stars an acclaimed cast including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom
Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Eddie Izzard, Christian Berkel
and Terence Stamp.
A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who
serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop
Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running
out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German
resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler s own emergency plan
known as Operation Valkyrie these men plot to assassinate the dictator and
overthrow his Nazi government from the inside.
With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions
and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, von Stauffenberg
is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill
Hitler himself.
VALKYRIE is produced by Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie and Gilbert
Adler. McQuarrie co-wrote the original screenplay with Nathan Alexander who also
serves as co-producer. The executive producers are Chris Lee, Ken Kamins, Daniel
M. Snyder, Dwight C. Schar and Mark Shapiro.
The film was shot in Germany at various locations where many of the actual
events occurred, including the historic Bendlerblock. Recreating the atmosphere
of urgency and paranoia inside the German resistance is a team that includes
Singer s frequent collaborators Newton Thomas Sigel (SUPERMAN RETURNS, X2,
X-MEN) as director of photography and editor/composer John Ottman (SUPERMAN
RETURNS, X2); as well as production designers Lilly Kilvert (two-time
Oscar®-nominee for THE LAST SAMURAI and LEGENDS OF THE FALL) and Patrick Lumb
(THE OMEN) and costume designer Joanna Johnston (MUNICH, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN).
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