The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

In semi-documentary fashion, this dramatic feature film recounts the events leading up to and including the July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler led by Count von Stauffenberg, the Chief of Staff to Home Army Commander General Friedrich Fromm . Von Stauffenberg had become convinced of the necessity to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup, in order to save Germany’s “honor”. “Operation Walkyrie” failed, leaving Hitler only slightly injured, and resulting in a series of mock trials and brutal executions.