Dir.: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise (Staufenberg)
About a failed assassination attempt on Hitler staged by one of his top officers, Staufenberg.
Based on true story.
Mom didn't watch because she doesn't like war movies. I watched it with headphones and was swept away by the tension in the film. Felt drained of energy at the end, but liked it.
"A key element of their plot [Staufenberg] is to use Hitler's "Valkyrie" plan against him. The reserves were held back to defend Berlin and Hitler in case of an Allied assault, so von Stauffenberg conceived the strategy of killing Hitler, ordering up the reserves to ensure stability and making its first order of business the immobilization of the SS. We see that the plan might well have worked. Indeed, it did -- until the news arrived that Hitler was still alive. So much did the Fuhrer command the fanatical loyalty of troops and civilians with an almost mystical grip, that merely his voice on the radio could defeat the plot, even with Germany clearly facing ruin."
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