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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/KevinMcNally, Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others. Creator/CariceVanHouten (at the time) and Creator/HalinaReijn count too as far as the Netherlands are concerned.

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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/KevinMcNally, Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others. Creator/CariceVanHouten (at the time) and Creator/HalinaReijn count too as far as the Netherlands are concerned.concerned (van Houten wouldn't reach worldwide fame until ''Series/GameOfThrones'').
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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/KevinMcNally, Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.

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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/KevinMcNally, Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others. Creator/CariceVanHouten (at the time) and Creator/HalinaReijn count too as far as the Netherlands are concerned.



* FakeNationality: Most of the characters are played by British actors, a few Americans (including Cruise) and two Dutch actresses (Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn). The only ones that avert this are Thomas Kretschmann, Christian Berkel and Waldemar Kobus who are real Germans.

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* FakeNationality: Most of the German characters are played by British actors, a few Americans (including Cruise) and two Dutch actresses (Carice van Houten (Creator/CariceVanHouten and Halina Reijn). Creator/HalinaReijn). The only ones that avert this are Thomas Kretschmann, Christian Berkel and Waldemar Kobus who are real Germans.Kobus.
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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Kevin [=McNally=], Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.

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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Kevin [=McNally=], Creator/KevinMcNally, Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.
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* TroubledProduction:
** During filming, eleven people were hurt when a truck they were riding in lost a side panel, resulting in a $11 million lawsuit.
** During post-production, some of the film was treated with the wrong chemical, destroying them, and necessitating reshoots.
** The movie was controversial from the start, due to Tom Cruise's membership in the Church of Scientology, which Germany is extremely distrustful of. There were numerous anti-Scientology protests at the movie's premiere events.
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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Tom Wilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Kevin [=McNally=], Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.

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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Tom Wilkinson, Creator/TomWilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Kevin [=McNally=], Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.



* DawsonCasting: Tom Cruise was about a decade older during filming than Stauffenberg was at the time of the Valkyrie plot.

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* DawsonCasting: Tom Cruise Creator/TomCruise was about a decade older during filming than Stauffenberg was at the time of the Valkyrie plot.



* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Kevin [=McNally=], Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, and David Schofield all were in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films.

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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Kevin [=McNally=], Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, OnSetInjury: The side of a vintage truck detached as the vehicle turned a sharp corner, causing a number of extras on board to fall out. One man was seriously injured and David Schofield all were in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films.ten more suffered minor injuries. The extras involved later filed a lawsuit against the production.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PatrickWilson and Creator/StephenFry were offered unspecified roles for the film. But declined the offer due to scheduling conflicts.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PatrickWilson and Creator/StephenFry were offered unspecified roles for the film. But film, but declined the offer due to scheduling conflicts.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ThomasKretschmann (Major Remer) was the original choice to play Stauffenberg, until the studio insisted on a bigger star for the role.
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* DawsonCasting: Tom Cruise was about a decade older during filming than Stauffenberg was at the time of the Valkyrie plot.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Kevin [=McNally=], Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, and David Schofield all were in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films.

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* FontAnachronism: On the banner with the inscription "Führer befiehl, wir folgen dir", the font used is a Fraktur type. This is extremely improbable, given that Hitler had banned all Fraktur types in 1941 while openly stating that they were of Jewish origin.

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* AllStarCast: An ensemble led by Creator/TomCruise, it is composed by Creator/BillNighy, Tom Wilkinson, Creator/KennethBranagh, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/CariceVanHouten, Creator/ThomasKretschmann, Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/TomHollander, Kevin [=McNally=], Christian Berkel, David Schofield and many others.
* FakeNationality: Most of the characters are played by British actors, a few Americans (including Cruise) and two Dutch actresses (Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn). The only ones that avert this are Thomas Kretschmann, Christian Berkel and Waldemar Kobus who are real Germans.
* FontAnachronism: On the banner with the inscription "Führer befiehl, wir folgen dir", the font used is a Fraktur type. This is extremely improbable, given that Hitler had banned all Fraktur types in 1941 while openly stating that they were of Jewish origin.


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* ProductionPosse: John Ottman composes the film's soundtrack as he did in previous Creator/BryanSinger films such as ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' or ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', as well as Newton Thomas Sigel doing the cinematography. This was also Christopher [=McQuarrie=]'s second collaboration with Singer years later after ''The Usual Suspects'' and it marked his first collaboration with Tom Cruise, whom he worked with in ''Film/JackReacher'', ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' and two installments of the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' franchise.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PatrickWilson and Creator/StephenFry were offered unspecified roles for the film. But declined the offer due to scheduling conflicts.
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* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Cruise took an interest in the role when he saw a profile picture of Stauffenberg that uncannily looked like him.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Jokes aside, this is Tom "Film/TopGun" Cruise playing a Wehrmacht officer with an eyepatch. Also, David Schofield (''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', etc.) plays a sympathetic character for a change.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Jokes aside, this is Tom "Film/TopGun" Cruise playing a Wehrmacht officer with an eyepatch. Also, David Schofield (''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', etc.) plays a sympathetic character for a change.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Aside from Tom Cruise, we also have...
** For the love of...[[{{Series/Rome}} Marcus Tullius Cicero]] is Adolf Hitler!
** [[{{Film/Underworld}} Viktor]] / [[{{Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean}} Davy Jones]] as General Olbricht.
** [[{{Film/Elektra}} Master Stick]] / [[{{Film/SupermanII}} General Zod]] as Colonel-General Beck.
** Good Lord...Count von Stauffenberg's wife is [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Melissandre!]]
** In Christian Berkel's case, this overlaps with ActorAllusion, as he was [[{{Film/Downfall}} Dr. Ernst-Gunther Schneck]] before switching from medicine to explosives.
** [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]],[[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]'''), and [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Baron von Strucker]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic 1997}} Captain Smith]] / [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Korps.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Jokes aside, this is Tom "Film/TopGun" Cruise playing a Wehrmacht officer with an eyepatch.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Jokes aside, this is Tom "Film/TopGun" Cruise playing a Wehrmacht officer with an eyepatch. Also, David Schofield (''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', etc.) plays a sympathetic character for a change.
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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]],[[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]'''), and [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Baron von Strucker]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Korps.

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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]],[[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]'''), and [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Baron von Strucker]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} [[{{Film/Titanic 1997}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Korps.
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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]''').

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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[Film/{{Downfall}} Witzland]],[[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]''').FEGELEIN!]]'''), and [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Baron von Strucker]].
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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].

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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].Fegelein]] ('''[[WebVideo/HitlerRants FEGELEIN!]]''').
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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Krestchmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[{{ThePianist}} Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[{{Film/Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].

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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Krestchmann Kretschmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[{{ThePianist}} [[Film/ThePianist Captain Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad}} [[{{Film/Stalingrad 1993}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[{{Film/Downfall}} [[Film/{{Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].

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* RealLifeRelative: An interesting case. Tresckow's aide at the beginning is played by Philipp von Schulthess, Stauffenberg's real-life grandson. In the film, Nina von Stauffenberg is pregnant with his mother.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Jokes aside, this is Tom "Film/TopGun" Cruise playing a Wehrmacht officer with an eyepatch.
* RealLifeRelative: An interesting case. Tresckow's aide at the beginning is played by Philipp von Schulthess, Stauffenberg's real-life grandson. In the film, Nina von Stauffenberg is pregnant with his mother.mother.
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* FontAnachronism: On the banner with the inscription "Führer befiehl, wir folgen dir", the font used is a Fraktur type. This is extremely improbable, given that Hitler had banned all Fraktur types in 1941 while openly stating that they were of Jewish origin.
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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Krestchmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[{{ThePianist}} Captain Hosenfeld]] and [[{{Film/Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Corps.

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** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Krestchmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[{{ThePianist}} Captain Hosenfeld]] Hosenfeld]], [[{{Film/Stalingrad}} Lieutenant von Witzland]], and [[{{Film/Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Corps.Korps.
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* RealLifeRelative: An interesting case. Treschow's aide at the beginning is played by Philipp von Schulthess, Stauffenberg's real-life grandson. In the film, Nina von Stauffenberg is pregnant with his mother.

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* RealLifeRelative: An interesting case. Treschow's Tresckow's aide at the beginning is played by Philipp von Schulthess, Stauffenberg's real-life grandson. In the film, Nina von Stauffenberg is pregnant with his mother.

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** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Corps.

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** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Corps.Corps.
* RealLifeRelative: An interesting case. Treschow's aide at the beginning is played by Philipp von Schulthess, Stauffenberg's real-life grandson. In the film, Nina von Stauffenberg is pregnant with his mother.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Aside from Tom Cruise, we also have...
** For the love of...[[{{Series/Rome}} Marcus Tullius Cicero]] is Adolf Hitler!
** [[{{Film/Underworld}} Viktor]] / [[{{Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean}} Davy Jones]] as General Olbricht.
** [[{{Film/Elektra}} Master Stick]] / [[{{Film/SupermanII}} General Zod]] as Colonel-General Beck.
** Good Lord...Count von Stauffenberg's wife is [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Melissandre!]]
** In Christian Berkel's case, this overlaps with ActorAllusion, as he was [[{{Film/Downfall}} Dr. Ernst-Gunther Schneck]] before switching from medicine to explosives.
** [[{{Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse}} Major Cain]] / [[DraculaSeries Abraham Van Helsing]] is Major Remer. Also counts as ActorAllusion, as Thomas Krestchmann is known for playing Nazis, such as [[{{ThePianist}} Captain Hosenfeld]] and [[{{Film/Downfall}} Hermann Fegelein]].
** Blink and you'll miss it, but [[{{Film/Titanic}} Captain Smith]] / [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} King Théoden]] was seen in Tunisia with the Afrika Corps.

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