Not All Germans Supported Hitler

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2011)

Valkyrie is a historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. It depicts the plot in July 20,1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and the use of Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.It stars the Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg,one of the key plotters of the assassination attempt.Cruise leads an international cast that includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp,Tom Wilkinson and Carice Van Houten.It was directed by Bryan Singer.
The movie is based on the actual events that took place at the height of World War II at Nazi Germany. As the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a group of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to overtake the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in an inevitable defeat. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg,an Army officer who firmly believes in Germany without Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a the assassination plot and the changes needed to gain the reserve army. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be revised to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the Hitler's assassination. However,bad luck and human failings went against von Stauffenberg's group as it failed to kill the Fuhrer.
This historical movie was full of suspense from beginning to end.Also,Tom Cruise provided an intense performance to show that not all Germans were of support of Hitler's ways. He definitely was full of honesty in the portrayal of von Stauffenberg.The rest of the cast were also commendable as well particularly Terence Stamp as Ludwig Beck; Kenneth Branagh as Major-General Henning von Tresckow; and Tom Wilkinson as the despicable General Friedrich Fromm.This film gives you an appreciation of the group of Germans who sacrificed their lives to stop Hitler's evil deeds and support a moral and sacred German government.Just as von Stauffenberg shouted before being shot by the firing squad after being captured after their failed plot,"Long live sacred Germany!!!"
This is definitely a must-see historical thriller for it works at all levels.