Valkyrie

2008 • 2h 1m •

Drama Thriller War

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★ 7.0/10

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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.

"Many saw evil. They dared to stop it."

Top Billed Cast

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

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2018-06-29

Not all Germans supported that madman

RELEASED IN 2008 and directed by Bryan Singer, "Valkyrie" is a World War II crime thriller based on the true story of the last German plot to assassinate Hitler in the Summer of 1944, although it wasn't a crime, of course, but rather an act of heroism.

Tom Cruise resembles the protagonist, Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg, but he lacks his height. Despite this, Cruise is solid in the role and the story works up some quality suspense. Even though we know the plot will fail, you can't help but root for the dissenters' success. Almost 5000 Germans were su...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2025-05-18

Tom Cruise sports an eye-patch as he takes on the role of Nazi war hero Claus von Stauffenberg. Badly injured he returns to Germany where he is quickly appointed to staff rank with regular access to an appreciative Führer (David Bamber). His arrival co-insides with the increasingly stark realisation from many politicians and officers alike that their hopes of winning the war were dwindling and that something is going to have to be done about removing their neurotic Chancellor and instituting a new national order that might be able to negotiate some sort of peace. Of course, some of the High C...