Stauffenberg (Film)
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Stauffenberg is a German
-Austria
n TV movie released in 2004
by Das Erste
(German TV ARD), about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
.
The film was awarded "best movie" at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Awards).
The film goes by the international English name of 'Operation Valkyrie'.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n TV movie released in 2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
by Das Erste
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
(German TV ARD), about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg commonly referred to as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from...
and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
.
The film was awarded "best movie" at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Awards).
The film goes by the international English name of 'Operation Valkyrie'.
Cast
- Sebastian KochSebastian Koch-Life and career:Koch was born in Karlsruhe and grew up in Stuttgart. His mother raised him alone, and he spent some time in the children's home where she worked...
: Claus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergClaus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergClaus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg commonly referred to as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from... - Ulrich TukurUlrich TukurUlrich Tukur is a German actor and musician.-Biography:Tukur spent his youth near Hanover where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in Boston during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he had two...
: Henning von TresckowHenning von TresckowGeneralmajor Herrmann Karl Robert "Henning" von Tresckow was a Major General in the German Wehrmacht who organized German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler in March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government... - Hardy Krüger, Jr..: Werner von HaeftenWerner von Haeften- See also :* German Resistance* List of members of the July 20 plot...
- Christopher Buchholz: Berthold Schenk Graf von StauffenbergBerthold Schenk Graf von StauffenbergBerthold Alfred Maria Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg was a German aristocrat, lawyer and conspirator in the 20 July plot of 1944, along with his brother, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, an army colonel...
- Nina Kunzendorf: Nina Schenk Gräfin von StauffenbergNina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg"Nina" Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg was the wife of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, after which she was arrested and imprisoned, where she delivered her youngest child.-Early years:She was born Magdalena...
- Stefania RoccaStefania RoccaStefania Rocca is an Italian actress.Rocca is best known for her roles in the films Nirvana , The Talented Mr. Ripley and Dracula . She also was the lead in Dario Argento's The Card Player. Her most recent appearance was in the Italian movie, Commediasexi where she played the main character,...
: Margarethe von OvenMargarethe von OvenMargarethe von Oven was a secretary in the Bendlerblock accomplice of the assassination of 20 July 1944.... - Axel Milberg: Friedrich FrommFriedrich FrommFriedrich Fromm was a German army officer. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.-Early life:Fromm was born in Charlottenburg...
- Olli DittrichOlli DittrichOlli Dittrich is a German actor, comedian, television personality and musician.- Life :Dittrich became in Germany famous for his work as actor and comedian in German television comedy-programme RTL Samstag Nacht. He sang in band Die Doofen. As musician he also plays in band Texas Lightning...
: Joseph GoebbelsJoseph GoebbelsPaul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism... - Udo Schenk: Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
- Enrico Mutti: Otto Ernst RemerOtto Ernst RemerOtto-Ernst Remer was a German Wehrmacht officer who played a decisive role in stopping the 1944 20 July Plot against Adolf Hitler. During the war he was wounded nine times in combat...
- Joachim Bissmeier: Erwin von WitzlebenErwin von WitzlebenJob-Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben was a German army officer and in the Second World War an Army commander and a conspirator in the July 20 Plot.-Early years:...
- Karl-Heinz von LiebezeitKarl-Heinz von LiebezeitKarl-Heinz von Liebezeit is a German television actor.-External links:*...
: Oberfeldwebel Kolbe - Rainer BockRainer BockRainer Bock is a German actor. Bock was born in Kiel. He had already worked as a stage actor for about 25 years, beginning in 1982, in Kiel, at the National Theatre Mannheim, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, and at the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich, before his film work increased by the end of the...
: Friedrich OlbrichtFriedrich OlbrichtGeneral Friedrich Olbricht was a German general and one of the plotters involved in the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia on 20 July 1944.-Early life:... - David C. Bunners: Albrecht Mertz von QuirnheimAlbrecht Mertz von QuirnheimAlbrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim was a German officer and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany involved in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.-Biography:...
- Ronald Nitschke: Erich HoepnerErich HoepnerErich Hoepner was a German general in World War II. A successful panzer leader, Hoepner was executed after the failed 20 July Plot in 1944.- Life :Hoepner was born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg...
- Christian DoermerChristian DoermerChristian Doermer is a German actor. He has appeared in 83 films and television shows since 1954. He starred in the 1966 film No Shooting Time for Foxes. The film was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize...
: Wilhelm KeitelWilhelm KeitelWilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal . As head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and de facto war minister, he was one of Germany's most senior military leaders during World War II... - Remo GironeRemo GironeRemo Girone is an Italian film and stage actor. He is best known for the role of Tano Cariddi in the epic TV mini-series La Piovra , about the Mafia. As a Mafia leader, Tano's chief enemy was Commissario Corrado Cattani.- External links :...
: Ludwig BeckLudwig BeckGeneraloberst Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II.... - Harald Krassnitzer: Erich FellgiebelErich FellgiebelFritz Erich Fellgiebel was a career German Army officer and a "July 20th" conspirator in the plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.-Military career:...
- Georg SchrammGeorg SchrammGeorg Schramm is a German psychologist and Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt.-Biography:...
: SS-Oberführer Achamer-PifraderHumbert Achamer-PifraderHumbert Achamer-Pifrader was an SS Colonel and Commander of the Einsatzgruppe A from September 1942 to September 1943.-Biography:... - Waldemar KobusWaldemar KobusWaldemar Kobus is a German actor.Kobus was born in Szczytno, Poland and, as an ethnic German, moved to Germany in 1970. From 1988 till 1991 he attended the school of performing arts Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich, Germany. Afterwards he performed in several theatre plays in Frankfurt, Bochum,...
: Oberstleutnant Herber - Gregor Weber: Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg
- Uwe Zerbe: Walther Buhle
- Hans-Laurin Beyerling: Franz Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- Ludwig Boettger: Adolf HeusingerAdolf HeusingerAdolf Heusinger was a German General. He briefly served as Chief of the General Staff of the Army during World War II and served as the first Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, the West German armed forces, from 1957 to 1961...
- Michael Bornhütter: Robert BernardisRobert BernardisRobert Bernardis was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler in the July 20 Plot in 1944....
- Werner DaehnWerner DaehnWerner Daehn is a German/international actor, who has worked with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in xXx, with Jason Priestley in Colditz an ITV1 2005 miniseries, with Bill Pullman in Revelations and with Steven Seagal in Shadow Man...
: Sturmbannführer - Andy Gätjen: Ernst John von FreyendErnst John von FreyendLieutenant Colonel Ernst John von Freyend was a German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht officer who served during World War II as the adjutant to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel...
- Wilfried Hochholdinger: Henning von Thadden
- Ralf Hornemann: Oberstleutnant Lechler
- Hans Sternberger: Günther KortenGünther KortenGünther Korten was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in July 1944....
- Christoph Krix: Hauptmann Piper
- Frank Köbe: Ludolf Gerhard Sander
- Peer Martiny: Harald Momm
- Robert Viktor Minich: Werner Schady
- Joachim Nimtz: Heinz-Ludwig Bartram
- Vincent Redetzki: Berthold Junior Stauffenberg
- Milan Peschel: Oberstleutnant Karl Pridun
- Sebastian Rüger: Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-SchmenzinEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-SchmenzinEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin is a former German Army officer and publisher. A member of the von Kleist family, his parents were active in the German resistance against Adolf Hitler and participated in the July 20 Plot...
- Joachim Schweizer: Hans Wilhelm Hagen
- Benjamin Strecker: Oberleutnant Färber
- Martin Horn: Oberfeldwebel Vogel
- Hans-Jörg Assmann: Staatsanwalt Hanssen