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Valkyrie

Name: Valkyrie
Director: Bryan Singer
Released: 2008-01-01

2008 film by Bryan Singer

FilmfilmQ159054

Released: 2008
, January 22, 2009
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0985699/releaseinfoRetrieved 2017-04-14
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, February 19, 2009
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1.nmhh.hu/dokumentum/158984/2009_filmbemutatok_osszes.xls
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Director: Bryan Singer
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1.Stated in filmportal.de
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Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie
Producer: Bryan Singer
, Christopher McQuarrie
, Gilbert Adler
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Cast: Tom Cruise
, Kenneth Branagh
, Bill Nighy
, Tom Wilkinson
+40 more
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: war film
, drama film
, biographical film
+2 more
Country of origin: Germany
, United States

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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.

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Director of photography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Main subject: World War II
Adolf Hitler
Operation Valkyrie
20 July plot
Website: valkyrie.unitedartists.com language: English
Narrative location: Berlin
Bendlerblock
Film editor: John Ottman
Title: Valkyrie
Color: color
Filmiroda rating: Category II rating certificate id: F/8687/J
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1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
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FSK film rating: FSK 12 rating certificate id: 116612/K
JMK film rating: free from 12 years
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1.jmkextern.bmb.gv.at/app/detail.aspx?FILID=16410
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Different from: Mount Valkyrie
Valkyrie criterion used: title refers to multiple creative works
Operation Valkyrie
Filming location: Berlin
Bendlerblock
Named after: Operation Valkyrie
Medierådet rating: For ages 11 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Costume designer: Joanna Johnston
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1.Stated in IMDb
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 56/100(July 14, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 36 critic review
62%(August 2, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 199 critic review
6.1/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Valkyrie”Retrieved 2021-10-05
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Characters: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Henning von Tresckow
Friedrich Olbricht
Ludwig Beck
Friedrich Fromm
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
Erwin von Witzleben
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Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Werner von Haeften
Erich Fellgiebel
Adolf Hitler
Otto Ernst Remer
Joseph Goebbels
Wilhelm Keitel
Heinrich Himmler
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf
Margarethe von Oven
Ernst John von Freyend
Heinz Brandt
Friedrich Freiherr von Broich
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
Hermann Göring
Albert Speer
Roland Freisler
Adolf Heusinger
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/valkyrie/Retrieved 2025-06-15
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MPA film rating: PG-13 rating certificate id: 44626
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Set in period: World War II
20th century
1940s
Copyright status: copyrighted
Based on: 20 July plot
RARS rating: 18+
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1.Stated in Kinopoisk
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