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Storyline
At the height of WW2, a group of high-ranking German officers hatched a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and seize power of the military command in order to end the war. The operation was codenamed "Valkyrie", for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators of the inner circle were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced to death soon after. |
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The Director
Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and comic book genres for his work on the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns.
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I think every American my age has seen _Top Gun_. As a result of that movie's massive success, Cruise has long been one of the poster boys of Reagan-era U.S. militarism. As such, I accepted him as an officer in the Wehrmacht surprisingly readily. Singer keeps it all at the right pace, and the writers throw in enough humor and irony to keep it from wearing you out. In short, this movie is no masterpiece, but considerably better than the "Tom Cruise is nuts" crowd has been saying for months