http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/

Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

Out in 2008 with Tom Cruise in it??

Kenneth Branagh will star with Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie," the Bryan Singer-directed WWII drama that shoots this summer for United Artists. Branagh will play a German general who mentors Cruise's character and hatches a plan to assassinate Hitler. Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander scripted, based on a true story.

http://movies.netscape.com/story/200...ngers-valkyrie

Tom playing Stauffenberg perhaps...???? ( hope not!)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/c...entryid=410910

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Tom is playing Stauffenberg, and the production has hit a snag, as the german government will not allow filming on the historical sites because Cruise is a scientologist....

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Yeah, I cannot see Cruise as von Stauffenburg. He is too short and personally never did like his acting. The snag though is against scientology and cruise's profession to that cult.

http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...te-cnn-partner

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This movie should be told by Germans not Americans. It is kind of like having a German actor play Patton, It just would not work. Plus I would hate to see this as a typical Cruz Action Movie vs. the story telling Drama it should be (Like Letters)
This is the German actor who should play Stauffengerg (Thomas Kretchmann)

Shot at 2007-07-08
Vs. the real deal (I think it would be a respectful portrayal)

Shot at 2007-07-09

It's July 20th today, this calls for a celebration!

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I was just watching a special on this yesterday, I must say it caught me by surprsie!!!

A far cry from Top-Gun

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The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness. -Adolf Hitler

Good point. Kretchmann portrayed Fegelein in 'Downfall' and I thought did a good job - and the interview with him on the special-edition DVD is worth seeing, too......

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

Only interested to see whether it beats " Pearl Harbor" or not in received money from the theaters....

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Totally agree.

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I agree also, but the fact remains that they have had 63 years to make a film on this part of history and they have not, at least to my knowledge. Does anyone know of a film dedicated specifically to the July plot?

Having Tom Cruise in a lead role will lessen the likelyhood of me seeing this movie, unless it is offered in such a way that I will not have to cough up hard earned cash to see it.

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Best Regards,
JW

Perhaps because of the sensitivity of the subject (the war). Now, we are seeing more movies from Germany as well as Italy and the quality of acting and plots are superb (IMO). I know there was a movie about the plot but I think it may have been a History Channel type of documentary???? I will search into the cobwebbed memory banks of my brain and see If I can pull out a name.

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Perhaps so. I could not argue one way or the other regarding the motivation or the lack thereof, for making movies of the war by the losing side. I do hope that more movies of value will be made by the Germans, Italians, etc and that they will be available in the US. It is good to see things from the other's viewpoint. Makes me wonder if they will show Allied troops in the same automaton fashion that Hollywood (and other countries' film makers) has been guilty of.
History Channel, I was thinking more along the lines of a theatical release, not documentaries. I would be less then surprised if those had been made.

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Best Regards,
JW

What I do like about the foreign movies is that they are not afraid of being realistic and show war for what it is whereas American movies tend to be 'Hollywoodish' and geared more for entertainment rather than dramatic and accurate.

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I still cannot recall the name but after some thought I think it was a part of a movie (a good portion of it though) and not solely about the 20 July attempt so I guess there is no movie with 20 July as the sole plot. I hope they do not make it into a 'Pearl Harbor' and detract from the historical aspect.

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Well, it wouldn't have to be the sole plot but at least be a significant part of the movie.

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Best Regards,
JW

Not the movie PzJgr is referring to, but the July Plot is obliquely hinted at in the 1967 film 'The Night Of The Generals' ; Harry Andrews appears as von Stulpnagel and Stauffenberg was played by an actor named Gerhard Buhr.....

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

Wonder who they get to play Hitler? John Travolta?

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Orlando Bloom.

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Valkyrie (2008)

David Bamber...

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The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) starring Brad Davis as Stauffenberg. It was a made-for-television movie and suffered from lack of budget. It's not a great film, but it is enjoyable nonetheless.

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"Angriff, Ran, Versenken!"-Onkel Karl
"Sink 'Em All"-Uncle Charlie

With all this controversy about Tom Cruise playing v.Stauffenberg, as a matter of fact Cruise took the lead role in "A Few Good Men", 1992, where he faced an awesome Col. Jessep played by Jack Nicholson. If he could play this role, I see no problem in adding 15 years of maturity to it.

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..received a write-up in the Daily Mail this week ....budget $80 million

Stauffenberg's Son on Tom Cruise Film: 'It's Bound To Be Rubbish' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Cheers,
Adam.

... well it will be if they give him a silly German accent ..but there's plenty of classy British acting talent in that line-up...

Yup, he is standing on the foot stool.

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