---
title: 'The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Falk Harnack'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-plot-to-assassinate-hitler-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047790/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)

1955 · 97 min · Drama, War, History · Germany

Original title: Der 20. Juli

## Synopsis

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler is a 1955 West German feature film produced by CCC Film about the failed 20 July 1944 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Falk Harnack directed and co-wrote the film's script with Günther Weisenborn. Wolfgang Preiss won the German Federal Film Award for his role as the rebel army officer, Claus von Stauffenberg. The film has a realism that comes very close to the style of a documentary.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Falk Harnack](https://cinepixo.com/people/falk-harnack)
- **Screenplay:** [Günther Weisenborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-weisenborn), [Werner Jörg Lüddecke](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-jorg-luddecke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Trantow](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-trantow)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Löb](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-lob)
- **Editor:** [Kurt Zeunert](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-zeunert)

## Cast

- [Herbert Wilk](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wilk)
- [Georg Gütlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-gutlich)
- [Edgar Ott](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-ott)
- [Axel Monjé](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-monje)
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Arno Paulsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arno-paulsen)
- [Ernst Schröder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-schroder)
- [Charlotte Ander](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-ander)
- [Erich Schellow](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-schellow)
- [Ernst Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lothar)
- [Rolf Moebius](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-moebius)
- [Wolfgang Büttner](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-buttner)
- [Erwin Kalser](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-kalser)
- [Manfred Erich Meurer](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-erich-meurer)
- [Heinz Giese](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-giese)

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