VALKYRIE

Genre: Drama, History
Director: Bryan Singer
Rated: M
Released: 2009
Country: US

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At the height of Nazi power in Germany, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of government decide to take action. A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) is a loyal officer who serves his country, while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realising that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitlerøs own emergency plan - known as Operation Valkyrie - these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside.