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Stauffenberg

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Stauffenberg
Claus , Graf von. 1907--44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed


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But a fellow-officer was annoyed by the briefcase containing the bomb and moved it from where von Stauffenberg -- played by Cruise in "Valkyrie" -- had left it.
The film tells the true story of the last assassination attempt on Hitler, led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (played by Cruise), on July 20, 1944.
Stauffenberg saw himself as a patriot, and even if he had no real allegiance to the Nazi Party was complicit by association nevertheless in their atrocities, which makes "Valkyrie" a curious movie.
 
 
 
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