The Plot to Kill Hitler
| The Plot to Kill Hitler | |
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| Directed by | Lawrence Schiller |
| Produced by |
Alfred R. Kelman Bernard Sofronski |
| Written by | Steven Elkins |
| Starring |
Brad Davis Ian Richardson Michael Byrne Rupert Graves Helmut Griem |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
| Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Plot to Kill Hitler is a 1990 television movie based on the July 20 plot by German officers to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. Brad Davis stars as Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who plants a bomb in the conference room of the Führer's headquarters in East Prussia.
Plot summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler is a historical re-creation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government, with the ultimate intention of surrendering their country to the Allies. Led by Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, this group of dedicated officers managed to plant a bomb, hidden in Stauffenberg's briefcase, in Hitler’s battlefield headquarters. By sheer luck, Hitler survived the blast and the SS quickly arrested and executed most of those involved.
The film is historically inaccurate in one aspect—Hitler's involvement in astrology. One scene has him looking over astrological charts, which some people believe about the Nazi leader. Most historians, however, regard this as false.
Production
The movie was filmed in the United States and Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Brad Davis | Claus von Stauffenberg |
| Madolyn Smith | Nina von Stauffenberg |
| Ian Richardson | General Ludwig Beck |
| Kenneth Colley | Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel |
| Michael Byrne | General Friedrich Olbricht |
| Helmut Lohner | General Friedrich Fromm |
| Jonathan Hyde | Joseph Goebbels |
| Rupert Graves | Axel von dem Bussche |
| Helmut Griem | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
| Mike Gwilym | Adolf Hitler |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | General Erich Fellgiebel |
| Christoph Eichhorn | General Helmuth Stieff |
| Michael Fitzegerald | Major Ernst John von Freyend |
| Heather Chasen | The Baroness |