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Valkyrie (2008)
Valkyrie is a historical drama starring Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, and Carice van Houten from director Bryan Singer. The plot revolves around the use of Operation Valkyrie to take control of Germany and assassinate Adolf Hitler. Cruise stars as real life historical figure Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg with David Bamber as Adolf Hitler.
valkyrie
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Release Date
- December 25, 2008
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Eddie Izzard , Bill Nighy , Kenneth Branagh
- Writers
- Bryan Singer
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Budget
- 90 million
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