Starring:
Tom Cruise (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg)
Kenneth Branagh (Major-General Henning von Tresckow)
Bill Nighy (General Friedrich Olbricht)
Tom Wilkinson (General Friedrich Fromm)
Carice Van Houten (Nina von Stauffenberg)
A german Colonel, war hero of old military Prussian lineage, leads an attempt to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich regime by using a contingency plan (named Valkyrie, after a nordic war goddess), devised by Hitler himself to maintain control of the country in case of leadership decapitation. Based on a true story.
Hitler and his suite arrive to Smolensk in two Junkers Ju-52, escorted by two Messerschmitt Bf 109 and two other unindentifiable aircrafts far behindThe two Junkers Ju-52 about to landThe foremost Ju-52 with its flaps down, in final approach, preceded by the two Bf 109sLanding with the two BF 109s now behind it (or are these the two unindentified aircrafts that were far behind ?), and the second Junker Ju-52 in final approachOn the groundThe two Junkers Ju-52 maneuver on the groundThe Junkers Ju-52 of Hitler taxies in front of the reception committeeThe two Junkers Ju-52 on the groundThe Junkers Ju-52 with the identification D-2600 that was really used by Hitler's planeHitler and his party disembark from the planevon Stauffenberg boards a Junkers Ju-52 en route to Rastenburg to attend Hitler's meeting (in fact, he used a Heinkel He 111[1])The radial central motor of the JunkersLeft wing viewAfter landing in "Rastenburg" (in fact, at the same airfield used for "Smolensk", ie Löpten)Boarding the Junkers back to Berlin after the attempt on Hitler' lifeTaking offThe beautiful Junkers Ju-52 in flightArriving at Berlin-Tempelhof. This airport located minutes from Berlin city center was operational till october 2008, and has since been converted into a huge recreation park
A Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying in front of Hitler's planeThe two Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying over the airfieldThe two Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying over the airfieldA Messerschmitt Bf 109 in a hangar at Berlin-Tempelhof, with a Junker Ju-52 in the background