Die Stunde der Offiziere (2004)
A well documented re-enaction of the July 20th, 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, aka Operation Valkyrie.
- Date of release
- 2004-07-19
- TMDB
- 8.4 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Director
- Hans-Erich Viet
Casting
- Harald Schrott — Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- Bernhard Schütz — Henning von Tresckow
- Klaus J. Behrendt — Rudolph-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
- Florian Martens — Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
- Tilo Prückner — Friedrich Olbricht
- Dietrich Hollinderbäumer — Erich von Manstein
- Hermann Lause — Friedrich Fromm
- Hans Peter Hallwachs — Ferdinand Sauerbruch
- Tobias Meister — Erzählerstimme
- Axel Pape — Generalmajor Hellmuth Stief
- Tom Wlaschiha — Hauptmann Axel von dem Bussche
- Maxim Mehmet — Oberfeldwebel Werner Vogel
Interesting facts
Die Stunde der Offiziere is a German semi-documentary movie of 2003 telling in chronological order about the German resistance attempts to kill Adolf Hitler and seize power in Germany in the 20 July plot of 1944.
Background
The "docu drama" integrates re-enacted scenes, eye witness reports, and original footage to illustrate German resistance actions in detail.
It was first shown on 29 June 2004. It is frequently re-run on German documentary TV channel Phoenix.
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