---
title: 'Valkyrie (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bryan Singer'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/valkyrie-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Valkyrie (2008)

2008 · PG-13 · 120 min · Drama, War, History · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film directed by Bryan Singer, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, starring Tom Cruise. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. The film was released by American studio United Artists and stars Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The supporting cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, and Tom Wilkinson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bryan Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-singer)
- **Producer:** [Bryan Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-singer), [Christopher McQuarrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-mcquarrie), [Chris Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-lee), [Gilbert Adler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-adler)
- **Screenplay:** [Christopher McQuarrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-mcquarrie)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Ottman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ottman)
- **Editor:** [John Ottman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ottman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Newton Thomas Sigel](https://cinepixo.com/people/newton-thomas-sigel)

## Cast

- [Matthias Freihof](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-freihof) as Heinrich Himmler
- [Karl Alexander Seidel](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-alexander-seidel)
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise) as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- [Wotan Wilke Möhring](https://cinepixo.com/people/wotan-wilke-mohring)
- [Bernard Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-hill) as Friedrich Freiherr von Broich
- [Matthew Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-burton) as Adolf Heusinger
- [Justus Kammerer](https://cinepixo.com/people/justus-kammerer)
- [Kevin McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mcnally) as Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
- [Julian Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-morris)
- [Matthias Schweighöfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-schweighofer)
- [Danny Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-webb)
- [Achim Buch](https://cinepixo.com/people/achim-buch)
- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp) as Ludwig Beck
- [Matthias Ziesing](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-ziesing)
- [Bill Nighy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-nighy) as Friedrich Olbricht

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Official site: http://valkyrie.unitedartists.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/valkyrie-2008
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