Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film set in Nazi
Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July
plot by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and
to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to
take control of the country. Valkyrie was directed by Bryan
Singer under the American studio United Artists, and the
film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one
of the key plotters. Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie
Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson also feature.