Really Very Good

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2009)

Well, despite the fact that I really do not like Tom Cruise and never did, I must admit, this WWII movie i a real winner! To begin with, it shows one of the most thrilling and interesting moments in world history, that is, Hitler assassination attempt, and then, it depicts the event very well. Tom Cruise here is a great choice, he portrays Von Stauffenberg very convincingly and we believe him all the time. Tom managed to play deep, with passion and excellent precision. Other great winner is the portrait of Hitler himself, here we see a maniac, a cruel tyrant so closely and so causally that the very fact we see Hitler shocks us. Such a small man could do such horrible crimes! Then, there are other great roles, of Beck, Fromm, Goebbels and others. They all are real, breathing, flesh and blood men and women who really created history in 1944. This is a very good movie and I do recommend it to all who like European history. Maybe, the only weak moment is the slightly dragging tempo at times, but it did not break the whole picture.