Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 46 Number 1 Article 6 2-2010 Valkyrie-A Film Review Barry Maxfield Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review Part of the European History Commons, and the European Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Maxfield, Barry (2010) "Valkyrie-A Film Review," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 46 : No. 1 , Article 6. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol46/iss1/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swiss American Historical Society Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Maxfield: Valkyrie-A Film Review Valkyrie-A Film Review by Barry Maxfield The Better Man Shines Forth: Valkyrie. Bryan Singer. Historical Drama. (United Artists, 2008) Cast:Tom Cruise ........................... Colonel Claus van Stauffenberg Kenneth Branagh ............ Major General Henning van Tresckow Bill Nighy ................................. General Friedrich Olbricht Tom Wilkinson ............................. General Friedrich Fromm Carice van Houten .............................. Nina van Stauffenberg It is uncommon for a historical fact to be so compelling that Hollywood would make a movie of it. It seems fictionalized history i~ the product that sells, with Saving Private Ryan being one such example it was a blending of fact and fiction into a blockbuster seller. Histor~ has accounts which are riveting yet overlooked. However, for writer Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander one of those stories camt to light, a story that could be put on celluloid and sold. The writing team has masterfully crafted a script with an eye to historical accuracy.