History Film / OperationValkyrie

** Right before he kills himself, Tresckow bids goodbye to a guy he addresses only as "Schlabrendorff." This is Fabian von Schalbrendorff, one of the only conspirators to survive these events, who unbelievably won an acquittal before the ''Volksgerichthof'' KangarooCourt and then somehow avoided execution in the concentration camps before the end of the war.[[note]]Another was Hans Gisevius, who escaped to Switzerland.[[/note]]

It depicts Operation Valkyrie, the failed assassination attempt against UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII July 1944]]. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Creator/SebastianKoch), a young officer who was once a loyal believer of Hitler but, over the years, became increasingly disenchanted with UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. He is approached by Henning von Tresckow (Creator/UlrichTukur), an army officer and dedicated member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Stauffenberg is badly wounded fighting in North UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}, losing an eye and a hand. After returning to Germany, Stauffenberg joins the assassination plot, becoming its leader. On July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg leaves a bomb which goes off in a conference room in Hitler's command post in East Prussia. Stauffenberg rushes back to Germany to coordinate the military takeover of the state. But Hitler isn't dead...

* HistoricalDowngrade: Stauffenberg is sometimes portrayed as an idealistic saint, like how Tom Cruise played him in ''Valkyrie''. This movie points out, entirely correctly, that Stauffenberg was an enthusiastic fan of Hitler when Hitler first took power. This film also includes some of the unfortunate remarks that Stauffenberg wrote to his wife from 1939 Poland, like how he described the population as a "riffraff" of "Jews and mixed races", and how he told his wife that Polish prisoners could work German farms.

''Operation Valkyrie'' (original title:''Stauffenberg'') is a 2004 German war TV film directed by Jo Bauer.

''Operation Valkyrie'' (original title: ''Stauffenberg'') is a 2004 German war TV film directed by Jo Bauer.

''Operation Valkyrie'' is a 2004 TV movie from Germany directed by Jo Bauer. Its original German title was ''Stauffenberg''.

It is, of course, about Operation Valkyrie, the failed assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler. Creator/SebastianKoch plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a young officer who was once a loyal Hitler fan but, over the years, becomes increasingly disenchanted with Hitler's Germany. He is approached by Henning von Tresckow (Creator/UlrichTukur), an army officer and dedicated member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Stauffenberg is badly wounded fighting in North Africa, losing an eye and a hand. Finally, after returning to Germany, Stauffenberg joins the assassination plot, becoming its leader. On July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg leaves a bomb which goes off in a conference room in Hitler's command post in East Prussia. Stauffenberg rushes back to Germany to coordinate the military takeover of the state--but Hitler isn't dead.

See also the English-language version of these events, ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'', starring Creator/TomCruise as Stauffenberg.

* TrashcanBonfire: In this case the trashcan bonfire is by the conspirators, who are frantically trying to burn incriminating documents as Hitler loyalists burst in to arrest them.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: An enraged Field Marshal von Witzelben, one of the most senior officers involved in the plot, points out to Stauffenberg that he and his gang have fucked everything up. Hitler isn't dead, they didn't take the radio station or seize control of communications, they haven't taken control of the government district, and the officer in the field that they're counting on, Major Remer of the Replacement Army, just happens to be a hardcore Nazi. Then Witzelben, who is entirely correct, stalks out of the room.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: An enraged Field Marshal von Witzelben, one of the most senior officers involved in the plot, points out to Stauffenberg that he and his gang have fucked everything up. Hitler isn't dead, they didn't take the radio station or seize control of communications, they haven't taken control of the government district, and the officer in the field that they're counting on, Major Remer of the Replacement Army, just happens to be a hardcore Nazi. Then Witzelben, who is entirely correct, stalks out of the room.

It is, of course, about Operation Valkyrie, the failed assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler. Creator/SebastianKoch plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a young officer who was once a loyal Hitler fan but, over the years, becomes increasingly disenchanted with Hitler's Germany. He is approached by Henning von Tresckow, an army officer and dedicated member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Stauffenberg is badly wounded fighting in North Africa, losing an eye and a hand. Finally, after returning to Germany, Stauffenberg joins the assassination plot, becoming its leader. On July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg leaves a bomb which goes off in a conference room in Hitler's command post in East Prussia. Stauffenberg rushes back to Germany to coordinate the military takeover of the state--but Hitler isn't dead.

* NewMeat: Stauffenberg is sitting in his command post, a truck, in North Africa. A very green officer, Lt. Farber, shows up to report for duty. They have been talking for less than a minute when enemy planes swoop down and strafe the area. Farber is killed.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Stauffenberg is sometimes portrayed as an idealistic saint, like how Tom Cruise played him in ''Valkyrie''. This movie points out, entirely correctly, that Stauffenberg was an enthusiastic fan of Hitler when Hitler first took power. This film also includes some of the unfortunate remarks that Stauffenberg wrote to his wife from 1939 Poland, like how he described the population as a "riffraff" of "Jews and mixed races", and how he told his wife that Polish prisoners could work German farms.