An Excellent, Historical, Factually, Intense, Correct, Drama - Just Excellent.

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2009)

Having studied the History of the Second World War in college as well as for a media project in depth details and having known that there were several plans to remove Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer, I was very keen to see this one on the screen from the moment I had heard about it Colonel Von Stauffenberg, whose real name is Claus Philipp Maria Graf Von Stauffenberg, a officer in the German army during the Second World War and a Roman Catholic by religion, is a member of the German Resistance Movement, gets injured and loses an eye and two fingers in a Allied attack in North Africa as he is a member of the Afrika Corp, who are on the retreat as the Allied army moves forward. But when he gets better he goes to a clandestine meeting and meets three figures, one of who wants to become the German leader by getting rid of the Fuehrer.
Starring Tom Cruise, Carice Van Houten, Kenneth Brannagh, David Bamber. Thomas Kretscmann and Tom Wilkinson, the movie is directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander.
Tom Cruise is natural in his role as Von Stauffenberg and he has shown the intensity in his acting in such role as has Kenneth Brannagh. The movie itself recreates the atmosphere of the time and goes on to give the audience the feeling that they are witnessing an event in history. But what makes it lean more towards to make this is that it shows the bombardment of the German capital, Berlin. Factually correct, this movie depicts the last plot that was hatched to remove Hitler, the Reich Fuehrer Heinrich Himmler, the propaganda minister Josef Goebbels and also Herman Goering, commander in chief of the Luftwaffe.
This is a very intense drama that is really worth while watching and more so for those who are interested in the Second World War events.