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Valkyrie (Original title)Operation Walküre Das Stauffenberg Attentat (Alternative title)Walküre - Valkyrie (Alternative title)
Date: 2008 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, Germany

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Production company billing: ©2008. United Artists Production Finance LLC Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and United Artists present a Bad Hat Harry production an Achte Babelsberg Film GmbH co-production a Bryan Singer film [end] Production services in Germany provided by Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH Supported by DFFF Deutscher Filmförderfonds Distributed by MGM Distribution Co. Author: United Artists Production Finance LLC Colour by Technicolor Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS [1.85:1] MPAA: 44626
Synopsis: Thriller based on true events, about a rogue faction of high ranking Nazi officers who, disillusioned with the course of war, plot to assassinate Hitler in July 1944.

Genre:
Thriller

Subject:
World War II
Releases
Date: 26 December 2008Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 120 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (280)
©: United Artists Production Finance LLC, Production Company: Bad Hat Harry Productions, Co-production: Achte Babelsberg Film GmbH, Presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, Production services in Germany prov'd by: Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures, Supported by: DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Author: United Artists Production Finance LLC, Distributed by: MGM Distribution Co., Executive Producer: Chris Lee, Executive Producer: Ken Kamins, Executive Producer: Daniel M. Snyder, Executive Producer: Dwight C. Schar, Executive Producer: Mark Shapiro, Executive Producer: John Ottman, Produced by: Bryan Singer, Produced by: Christopher McQuarrie, Gilbert Adler, Co-producer: Nathan Alexander, Co-producer: Henning Molfenter, Co-producer: Carl Woebcken, Co-producer: Christoph Fisser, Co-producer: Jeffrey Wetzel, Line Producer: Chris Brock, Line Producer: Oliver Lüer, Line Producer (Add'l Photography - US): Robert F. Phillips, Exec i/c of Prod (Addl Photography - US): Steven Harding, Unit Production Manager: Chris Brock, Unit Prod'n Man (Add'l Photography - US): Chrisann Verges, Production Manager (2nd Unit): Gerry Toomey, Prod'n S'visor (Add'l Photography - US): Jennifer Campbell, Production Co-ordinator: Judy Britten, Production Co-ordinator: Tine Hoefke, Production Co-ordinator (2nd Unit): Victoria Hawden, Prod'n Co-ord (Add'l Photography - US): Vickie M. Hsieh, Production Controller: Gavin Behrman, Production Accountant (Germany): Rosa Umbach, Production Accountant (2nd Unit): Matthew Grigsby, Location Manager: Klaus Große Darrelma, Location Co-ordinator: Anja Wüstenfeld, Location Scout: Jürgen Schwämmle, Jens Geibel, Post-production Supervisor: Isabel Henderson, Post-production Co-ordinator: Meegan Carroll, 2nd Unit Director: Eric Schwab, Assistant Director (1st): Jeffrey Wetzel, Lee Cleary, Assistant Director (2nd): Peter Soldo, David K. Arnold, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Gerry Gavigan, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd): Paul Taylor, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd): Baisa Baumann, Sabina Franke, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 3rd): Kemal Gorgulu, Katjah Sambet, Ass't Dir (Add'l Photography - US 2nd): Paul Schneider, Script Supervisor: Gabriella Gobber, Script Supervisor (Addl Photography-US): Ana Maria Quintana, Casting by: Roger Mussenden, Casting Associate: Jeremy Rich, Casting Assistant: Melissa Kostenbauder, German Casting: Heta Mantscheff, Extras Casting: Iris Mueller, ADR Voice Casting: Caitlin McKenna, Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander, Director of Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Ross Emery, Aerial Unit Director of Photography: John Marzano, B Camera: P. Scott Sakamoto, Camera Operator (Add'l Photography - US): David Luckenbach, Camera Operator (Add'l Photography - US): Paul Babin, Greg Schmidt, Steadicam Operator: P. Scott Sakamoto, 1st Assistant Camera (A): Erik Brown, 1st Assistant Camera (B): Nino Neuboeck, 1st Asst Cameraman (Add'l Photog'y - US): Mark Spath, 1st Asst Cameraman (Add'l Photog'y - US): Bob Hall, 1st Asst Cameraman (Add'l Photog'y - US): Carlos de Varona, Micah Bisagni, 2nd Assistant Camera (A): Tobias Kownatzki, 2nd Assistant Camera (B): Myra Hamaza, Camera Loader: Ruben Killat, Chief Lighting Technician: Tony Nakonechnyj, Gaffer: Martin Frank, Rigging Gaffer: Ron Rakowski, Rigging Gaffer (Add'l Photography - US): Glenn Moran, Key Grip: Michael Müller, Key Grip (Add'l Photography - US): Herb Ault, Video Assist Op (Add'l Photography - US): Dave Deever, Video Playback Operator: Benjamin Relf, Stills Photographer: Frank Connor, Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard R. Hoover, Visual Effects Producer: Maricel Pagulayan, Visual Effects Associate Producer: Whitney Kitchen, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Debora Neumann, Special Visual Effects/Animation: Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc., SPI (Visual Effects Producer): Diana Stulic, SPI (Digital Effects Supervisor): Peter Nofz, SPI (Executive Visual Effects Producer): Debbie Denise, SPI (Computer Graphics Supervisor): Theo Bialek, SPI (Computer Graphics Supervisor): Patrick Cohen, Daniel Eaton, Visual Effects by: Imageworks India, Imageworks (General Manager): Joe Gerari, Imageworks (Production Manager): Navin Venkatesh, Imageworks (Digital Supervisor): Krishnakant Mishra, Imageworks (CG Supervisor): Shoban Babu, Imageworks (Production Co-ordinator): Chirag, Visual Effects by: Savage Visual Effects, SVE (Visual Effects Producer): Brice Liesveld, Visual Effects by: Frantic Films, Frantic Films (Visual Effects S'visor): Ken Nakada, Frantic Films (Visual Effects Producer): Kim Boyle, Visual Effects by: Pacific Title & Art Studio, PT&AS (Visual Effects Supervisor): Mark Freund, PT&AS (Visual Effects Producer): Phillip Hoffman, PT&AS (Visual Effects Co-ord): John Campuzano, Previsualization by: The Third Floor, TTF (Previsualization Supervisor): Chris Edwards, Special Effects Supervisor: Allen Hall, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Andrew Weder, Special FX Co-ord (Add Photography - US): Kevin Hannigan, Special Effects Workshop Supervisor: Garry Cooper, Special Effects Foreman: Matthew Hall, Sp FX General Foreman (Add Photo - US): Elia Popov, Special Effects Senior Technician: Steve Paton, Special Effects Senior Technician: Gary Cohen, Special Effects Senior Technician: Karl Openshaw, Special Effects Senior Technician: Graham Hills, Special Effects Senior Technician: Darren May, Jan Singh, Special Effects Technician: Matt Lewis, Special Effects Technician: Caylen Johnson, Special Effects Technician: Lucas Arnold, Special Effects Technician: Matt Roberts, Special Effects Technician: Jody Taylor, Caspar John Lailey, Special Effects Pyrotechnics Supervisor: Alex Gunn, Sp FX Pyro Foreman (Add'l Photog - US): John Downey, Model Maker: Michael Fissneider, Graphics by: Schein Berlin, Graphics by: Liliana Lambriev, Graphics by: Jan Hülpüsch, Daniel Porsdorf, Graphic Artist: Jan Jericho, Edited by: John Ottman, Associate Editor: Dylan Firshein, Visual Effects Editor: Andrew Loschin, Assistant Editor: Étienne Boussac, Assistant Editor: Claudia Lachnitt, Production Designer: Lilly Kilvert, Production Designer: Patrick Lumb, Desert Seq Des by (Add Photography - US): Tom Meyer, Visual Consultant: Eric Schwab, Supervising Art Director: John Warnke, Supervising Art Director: Keith Pain, Ralf Schreck, Sup Art Director (Addl Photography - US): Seth Reed, Art Director: Cornelia Ott, Art Director (Add'l Photography - US): Johnny Jos, Tom T. Taylor, Art Department Co-ordinator: Sonja Kirch, Standby/On-set Art Director: Harry Pain, Set Decorator: Bernhard Henrich, Set Decorator (Add'l Photography - US): Seth A. Rubino, Leadman (Add'l Photography - US): Scott Bobbitt, Conceptual Artist/Illustrator: Benjamin Kniebe, Draftperson: Sarah Horton, Iris Paschedag, Storyboard Artist: Tani Kunitake, Storyboard Artist: Marc Vena, Storyboard Artist: Mark Moretti, Property Master: Dave Gulick, Property Master (Germany): Marcus Haendgen, Set Decoration Buyer: Joey Weber, Set Decoration Buyer: Alexander Gutschke, Set Decoration Buyer: Jan Rott, Alwara Thaler, Construction Manager: Colin Fraser, Construction Manager (Germany): Marco Pressler, Const'n Co-ord (Add'l Photography - US): Doug Womack, Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston, Assistant Costume Designer: Jeremy Turner, Military Costume Supervisor: David Crossman, Costume Supervisor: Dulcie Scott, Costume S'visor (Add'l Photography - US): Pamela Wise, Costume Co-ordinator: Charlotte Wiseman, Key Set Costumr (Add'l Photography - US): Tom Macdonald, Mr [Tom] Cruise's Costumer: Nancy Thompson, Set Costumer: Jessica Braun, Frederike Brodersen, Costumer (Add'l Photography - US): Eva Prappas, Costumer (Add'l Photography - US): Sean Haley, Costumer (Add'l Photography - US): Christi Work, Jalene Murphy, Military Wardrobe Master: Neil Murphy, Crowd Military Wardrobe Master: Dave Whiteing, 2nd Unit Wardrobe Master: Rupert Steggle, Make-up/Hair Designer: Sarah Monzani, Key Make-up/Hair Artist: Ailbhe Lemass, Make-up Artist/Hairdresser: Zoë Brown, Make-up Artist/Hairdresser: Yasmin Iqbal, Jacqueline Bhavnani, Head Crowd Make-up/Hairdresser: Francis Jadoul, Make-up/Hair: Mareike Maya Mietke, Make-up (Additional Photography - US): Deborah Patino, Don Rutherford, Principal Cast Wigs: Robert Kretschmer, Wig Maker: Alex Rouse, Hair (Additional Photography - US): Lucia Mace, Anthony Wilson, Opening Title Sequence Prod/Designed by: Prologue Films, Titles by: Pacific Title & Art Studio, Titles (Art Department Co-ordinator): Brent Parris, Titles (Graphic Artist): Gil Alvarado, Digital Timing by: Company 3, Company 3 (Digital Colourist): Stephen Nakamura, Music by: John Ottman, Conducted by: Pablo Heisenberg, Orchestrations by: John Ottman, Orchestrations by: Reuben Panini, Lior Rosner, Orchestra Contractor: David Sabee, Music Editor: Amanda Goodpaster, Music Recordist/Mixing Engineer: Casey Stone, Sound Designer: Erik Aadahl, Production Sound Mixer: Chris Munro, Sound Mixer (Addit'l Photography - US): Edward Tise, Boom Operator: Steve Finn, Boom Operator (Addl' Photography - US): Robert Jackson, Sound Maintenance: Jim McBride, Re-recording Mixer: Craig Henighan, Re-recording Mixer: Skip Lievsay, Michael Herbick, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Tim LeBlanc, Supervising Sound Editor: Craig Henighan, Supervising Sound Editor: Erik Aadahl, Dialogue Supervisor: Helen Luttrell, Dialogue Editor: Susan Dawes, Dialogue Editor: Mike Hopkins, Sound Effects Field Recordist: John P. Fasal, Bob Kellough, [Sound] Effects Editor: Warren Hendricks, Wayne Lemmer, ADR Supervisor: Kerry Dean Williams, Foley Supervisor: Jonathan Klein, Foley Artist: Dan O'Connell, Foley Artist: John Cucci, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte, Stunt Co-ordinator: Greg Powell, Stunt Co-ord'r (Add'l Photography - US): James Armstrong, Stunt Pilot (Aerial Unit): Marc Wolff, Stunts: Alister Mazzotti, Stunts: James O'Dee, Stunts: Jade Gordon, Stunts: Paul Herbert, Stunts: Wolfgang Lindner, Stunts: Nick Chopping, Stunts: Nick Hobbs, Stunts: Bradley Farmer, Military Adviser: Markus Albrecht, Military Adv'r (Add'l Photography - US): Sergeant Major James D. Dever Usmc (ret), Master Sgt Tom Minder (ret), Boot Camp Commander: Timo Schicke, Boot Camp Military Trainer: Oliver Rogge, Research: History at Work, Torsten J. Halsey, Aerial Unit Co-ordinator: Mike Woodley, Aerial Co-ordinator (Add Photography US): Mike Patlin, Panzer Tanks Supplied by: Veluzat Motion Picture Rentals, Dialect Coach: Ernestine Kahn, Action Consultant (Add Photography - US): Victor Armstrong, Armourer: Carl Schmidt, Armourer: Simon Atherton, Armourer (Add'l Photography - US): Mike Papac, Unit Publicist: Joe Everett, Shot at: Babelsberg Studios
Cast (58)
Tom Cruise (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg), Kenneth Branagh (Major-General Henning von Tresckow), Bill Nighy (General Friedrich Olbricht), Tom Wilkinson (General Friedrich Fromm), Carice van Houten (Nina von Stauffenberg), Thomas Kretschmann (Major Otto Ernst Remer), Terence Stamp (General Ludwig Beck), Eddie Izzard (General Erich Fellgiebel), Kevin R. Mcnally (Dr Carl Goerdeler), Jamie Parker (Lieutenant Werner von Haeften), Christian Berkel (Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim), David Bamber (Adolf Hitler), Tom Hollander (Colonel Heinz Brandt), David Schofield (Erwin von Witzleben), Kenneth Cranham (Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel), Halina Reijn (Margarethe von Oven), Werner Daehn (Major Ernst John von Freyend), Harvey Friedman (Dr Joseph Goebbels), Matthias Schweighöfer (Lieutenant Herber), Waldemar Kobus (Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf), Florian Panzner (Second Lieutenant Hagen), Ian McNeice (pompous general), Danny Webb (Captain Haans), Chris Larkin (Sergeant Helm), Matthew Burton (Lieutenant-General Adolf Heusinger), Philipp von Schulthess (Tresckow's aide), Wotan Wilke Möhring (Sergeant Kolbe), Christian Oliver (Sergeant-Major Adam), Bernard Hill (confidant general - desert), Julian Morris (young lieutenant - desert), Helmut Stauss (Dr Roland Freisler), Tim William (doctor), Alexander Seidel, Timo Huber, Justus Kammerer, Annika Becker, Marie Becker (Stauffenberg child), Katharine Mehrling (female singer), Andy Gätjen (angry SS officer), Achim Buch (soldier), Anton Algrang (Albert Speer), Matthias Freihof (Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler), Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg (Reich Marshal Hermann Göring), Jon Collin Barclay (Second Lieutenant Kretz), Matthias Ziesing (young officer - Wolf's Lair), Tom Wlaschiha (communications officer), Carsten Voigt (checkpoint guard), Miles O'Shea (sentry - OKH), Anna Holmes (central communications operator), Michael Schumacher (young officer), Niklas Bardeli, Christoph Förster (aide to Stauffenberg), Andre Schwedt (Keitel's adjutant), Isabella Drischel (War Ministry secretary), Max Urlacher (officer), Justin Beard (Wolf's Lair operator), Tilmann von Blomberg (arresting officer), Karsten Mielke (Remer's driver)