Claus von Stauffenberg
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Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Op
1934 portrait
Stauffenberg with the 17th Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg
Graf von Stauffenberg, left, with Hitler (centre) and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, right, in an aborted assassination attempt at Rastenburg on 15 July 1944
1951 death certificate
Valkyrie (film)
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Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film directed by Bryan Singer, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, starring Tom Cruise. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II an
Claus von Stauffenberg
…Blow), depicts the plot; War and Remembrance (1988, Sky du Mont); The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990, Brad Davis); Stauffenberg (2004, Sebastian Koch); and Valkyrie (2008, Tom Cruise). Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler…
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German World War II Colonel von Stauffenberg (left) and actor Tom Cruise (right). Cruise was attracted to the role based on the resemblance of his profile to von Stauffenberg's.
Bendlerblock, where the conspirators were executed in real life, was originally denied as a filming location for Valkyrie
A masked protester with a sign saying "Tom Cruise Cult Hero" at the London premiere is confronted by an unidentified woman who attempts to forcibly wrestle the sign from her grasp.