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Valkyrie stars Cruise as a real-life person
- Unlike his 2023 film efforts, Valkyrie stars Cruise as a real-life person who tried to change the tide against Hitler’s Third Reich in 1944. Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as Hitler’s would-be assassin, is streaming on Max.
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Jan 9, 2022 · Axel Smed was a 4-month-old baby when his father, Gunther, was killed at Plotzensee prison. Hanged from a meathook and left to die there for trying to recruit the wrong person into Valkyrie, he left behind a family who only knew he was dead when they received a bill for the execution.
Singer invited Tom Cruise to take the lead role, which Cruise accepted. Cruise had been provided a picture of von Stauffenberg, in which the actor noticed a similarity in his profile with the German colonel, drawing him to the role. [7]
May 21, 2018 · Some of the messages delivered in the film are the real messages dug out of archives; now that’s going above and beyond. Additionally, despite Cruise’s involvement, they managed to get permission from Germany to shoot in the real Bendleblock building where Stauffenberg was executed (spoiler sorry).
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Apr 20, 2023 · Yes, ‘Valkyrie’ is based on a true story. Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, the film takes inspiration from the real-life record of Colonel von Stauffenberg’s plan to assassinate Hitler. The plan was codenamed Valkyrie, which the film gets its name from.
He has rarely played a real-life figure, as nearly all of his roles have been original creations. One of the few times Cruise portrayed someone from history came in Valkyrie, written by his frequent collaborator Christopher McQuarrie.
Aug 22, 2023 · Valkyrie, which stars Tom Cruise, is criticized by a war historian for being a "Hollywoodization of history" and taking creative liberties with the real-life events and people it portrays. The film features American and British actors playing German characters, a common aspect of "Hollywoodization," to appeal to a wider audience.
Nov 10, 2008 · Valkyrie: Tom Cruise as Real-Life Claus von Stauffenberg - Emanuel Levy. November 10, 2008 by EmanuelLevy. At the center of “Valkyrie” is Claus von Stauffenberg, the charismatic aristocrat who would ultimately risk everything to carry a bomb into Hitler's private conference room.
