Country: USA | Germany
Language: English | German
Director: Bryan Singer
The resemblance of Cruise with the real Stauffenberg. The direction such that you know what will happen in the end and even then you are so thrilled all along. The superb performances by every actor. Valkyrie surely deserves to be in the list.
After a long time a mainstream Hollywood movie revisits the Nazi Germany. And this time it is not a portrayal of Germans as evil monsters but the film attempts to separate the German with the Nazi and successfully does so.
The background music takes you to the scene as if it were a reality.
And the sarcasm at times such as when Stauffenberg says "Hail Hitler" saluting with his amputated hand is great. The dialogs are good though i think they could have been better; but , anyway in that case the film would have turned out to be more drama than reality.
Valkyrie is approximately two hours of pure entertainment if you like history.
Really a good movie. I agree that despite knowing the ending one feels drawn in by the narration. Tom Cruise was not the best actor for this role, but I suppose he fit by resemblance.
ReplyDeleteI like your line, 'separating the German from the Nazi'. Good summation.