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The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.
- A memorial inspired the film. Co-screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie found the inspiration for Valkyrie while vacationing in Berlin in 2002. During a tour of the Bendlerblock—the HQ of the German resistance, which is now a museum—a guide showed him the memorial erected to Claus von Stauffenberg and the July 20th co-conspirators.
- Tom Cruise was perfect for his part. Cruise was initially attracted to the project because of his uncanny resemblance to the actual Claus von Stauffenberg.
- But he needed a German coach. Cruise received pronunciation advice on his German lines at the beginning of the film from the Oscar-winning director of The Lives of Others and The Tourist, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
- First things came last. The African Campaign sequence at the beginning of the film was actually shot last. The scene was added after principal photography was complete because the filmmakers wanted to give context to Stauffenberg’s motives, and didn’t want the audience to think he helped initiate the coup because of the injuries suffered during the war.
Jul 23, 2022 · A detailed historical tour of German Resistance, Claus von Stauffenberg, July 20 plot, and the Valkyrie filming locations in Berlin
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Valkyrie was filmed in Germany, United States of America. German Resistance Memorial Museum In movie. Scene where Claus von Stauffenberg is executed for high treason after trying to assassinate Hitler.
Jul 18, 2007 · Tom Cruise has had a few setbacks since arriving in Berlin to make a film about German resistance hero Claus von Stauffenberg. But on the eve of shooting, things are looking up.
Aug 20, 2008 · Berthold von Stauffenberg, interviewed in a German newspaper, declares that the film is 'bound to be rubbish'. July 2007 Filming of Valkyrie begins in Germany. Release date set for 27...
