Synopsis
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
Movie Information
- Director
- G.W. Pabst
- Writers
- Werner P. Zibaso, Gustav Machatý
- Release Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 75 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, War, History
- Language
- DE
- Country
- Germany
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (12 votes)
Top Cast
Bernhard Wicki
Oberst Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaloberst a. D. Ludwig Beck
Carl Wery
Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm
Erik Frey
General Friedrich Olbricht
Albert Hehn
Major Otto Ernst Remer
Til Kiwe
Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften
Jochen Hauer
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Siegfried Lowitz
Malte Jaeger
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