Valkyrie

04/02/2009

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This juicy story has intrigued me for a long time.
What if somebody had succeeded in eliminating Germany's leader, Adolf Hitler?
Bryan Singer's new film Valkyrie sheds light on actual events during World War II.
Tom Cruise stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a man who has sworn allegiance to the Führer but whose deeper and truer allegiance is to Germany.
After being injured during a battle in Africa, Stauffenberg returns to join the German resistance and helps form Valkyrie, an operation directed at forming a shadow government to take control once Hitler is assassinated.
If Singer's last films are anything to go by (X Men, The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil) expect high-class entertainment and suspenseful storytelling.