Fresh
Valkyrie, as field-commanded by director Bryan Singer, succeeds on its own terms as a handsome hybrid of conspiracy thriller and history lesson, of Mission: Impossible and The Day of the Jackal.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Valkyrie
Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
2008 · 2h 1m · PG-13
Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by
Bryan Singer
Overview
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. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
Director and cast
- Bryan Singer Director
- Tom Cruise as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- Kenneth Branagh as Henning von Tresckow
- Bill Nighy as Friedrich Olbricht
- Terence Stamp as Ludwig Beck
- Tom Wilkinson as Friedrich Fromm
- Carice van Houten as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
- Kenneth Cranham as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- Thomas Kretschmann as Otto Ernst Remer
- Eddie Izzard as Erich Fellgiebel
- Kevin McNally as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As old-fashioned historical escapism goes, this is solid, compelling stuff.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Rotten
Surely there is some middle ground between a history lesson and mindless action-adventure. The people who made Valkyrie not only didn't find that ground; they weren't even looking for it.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
It is a well-made film that raises timeless questions about the demands of military duty when they are placed in conflict with higher principles.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
What if this lesser-known chapter of German resistance had been more deeply captured? What if the moral conflicts running through this movie about love of country and revolt said more about Germany, war and, yes, genocide?
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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