Valkyrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, et al.

Product Description

Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolph Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883904138167
• Release Date: May 2013
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: United Artists
• Director: Bryan Singer
• Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Fry, Carice van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Justus Kammerer
• Runtime: 2 hours
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Color; Dolby; Closed-captioned; NTSC
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.4" x 0.6"

Customer Reviews

Operation Walkyrie.

“This motion picture is based on actual historical events and public records. Certain dialogue, events, and characters were created or combined for dramatization. Similarly, the chronology of some events has been compressed and/or edited for clarity.” The scene of the German 10th Panzer Division was shot in Victorville, California, in the high desert near the U.S. NTC (National Training Center). I was a tank mechanic there for a while in the Reserves. We all know that Tom Cruise is in the film, but it is interesting to see how many other actors you recognize. See if you can spot Halina Reijn when she is all buttoned up. You will also notice that the music plays a character in the film. Occasionally the sound drowned out the dialog (That is a common movie mistake). Lots of colors and no lame ersatz German accents. The basic story is this is the last of a series of attempts on H-i-t-l-e-r by Germans. Each character has a different reason and idea about why. However, the bottom line is this is a suspenseful action movie about the results of dispatching H-i-t-l-e-r. Adolf H-i-t-l-e-r, “The Valkyrie: handmaidens of the gods, choosing who will live and who will die, sparing the most heroic from an agonizing death. One cannot understand National Socialism if one does not understand Wagner.” I only saw this on Blu-ray, so I cannot compare it to other presentations. Next, read Homemade C-4: A Recipe for Survival by Ragnar Benson, just in case the situation should arise.