was the movie valkyrie true
Claus von Stauffenberg: the true story behind the film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise. On 20 July 1944, a German colonel left a bomb in the FÃ¼hrer's office. It exploded, just missing its target, and the following day the officer was shot. With the daring plot now being made into a film - starring Tom Cruise - Berthold von Stauffenberg, son of the would-be assassin, tells Nigel Jones how his father's 'moral sacrifice' shattered his and his family's lives.