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
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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.
Carice van Houten
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Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf
Valkyrie (film)
…Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm, the head of Germany's Reserve Army: Wilkinson was cast to make the treacherous Fromm sympathetic. Carice van Houten as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, von Stauffenberg's wife: The filmmakers were impressed by her performance in Black Book, and argued she could…
Van Houten in 2026
Carice van Houten in 2013
Carice van Houten in 2019