Valkyrie

Beck (Terence Stamp) kills himself when Major Remer (Thomas Kretschmann) arrests the key figures of the conspiracy. Olbricht (Bill Nighy), Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise), von Haeften and von Quirnheim are executed by a firing squad. General Fromm (Tom Wilkinson) is executed the following year. Fellgiebel (Eddie Izzard), von Witzleben and von Helldorf are executed and Goerdeler is hanged. Tresckow (Kenneth Branagh) kills himself. This conspiracy was the last of 15 known attempts by Germans to kill Hitler. Nine months after the conspiracy, the Allies get to Berlin and Hitler kills himself. Stauffenberg's wife and her children survive the war. She died in 2006.

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Factual error: In one of the scenes, a bathroom is shown. The tub has modern fixtures, including a hand held massage/rinse nozzle with flexible metal hose.

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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I am involved in high treason with all means available to me. Can I count you in?
Werner von Haeften: For anything, sir. Anything at all.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: "Anything" is a *very* dangerous word, Lieutenant.

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Trivia: One of von Tresckow's aides is played by Philipp von Schulthess, the grandson of Claus von Stauffenberg. In the film, Stauffenberg's wife is pregnant with Philipp's mother.

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Question: Why did Stauffenberg have to put in his prosthetic eye whenever he had to be in Hitler's presence?

Answer: In real life, Stauffenberg regularly switched from wearing his glass eye and an eye patch. He wore the glass eye when meeting with senior officers, not only Hitler. At other times, he used the eye patch. This was attributed to the glass eye probably being uncomfortable. Presumably, he did not want to appear handicapped or weak to his superiors. He may also have felt the eye patch was a distraction or looked less dignified.

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