"Operation Valkyrie" was the name of an official alarm plan during the Second World War. With the help of this plan, the conspirators around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wanted to bring about the overthrow of Germany on July 20, 1944. The events are well known: Stauffenberg's assassination attempt failed, Adolf Hitler remained alive. In addition to the purely scenic reconstruction, this two-part, documentary-style film consists of interspersed interviews and reports with eyewitnesses and survivors who were directly involved. Everything that is available in the way of authentic testimony about July 20, 1944 is examined and documented with the highest degree of realism.

Cast & crew

H

Helmut Pigge

Creator

Franz Peter Wirth

Director

Joachim Hansen

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

W

Werner Hessenland

Paul von Hase

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Otto Ernst Remer

Joachim Engel-Denis

Adam von Trott zu Solz

M

Manfred Spies

Werner von Haeften

R

Rolf Müller

Ludwig Beck

Bert Fortell

Heinrich Kodré

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Erwin von Witzleben

F

Friedrich Siemers

Erwin Rommel

G

Götz von Langheim

Caesar von Hofacker

B

Bernd Schäfer

Karl Wilhelm Specht

Joachim Fest

Interviewer

W

Wolfgang Engels

Günther von Kluge

A

Alexander von Rosen

Berthold von Stauffenberg

W

Werner Rundshagen

Friedrich Olbricht

L

Ludwig Thiesen

Hans Wilhelm Hagen

H

Hans-Dieter Asner

Hans Bernd Gisevius

E

Ernst Dietz

Erich Hoepner

E

Edd Stavjanik

Leo Gotzmann

Willi Rose

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Seasons

2 episodes

Miniseries1971 · 2 episodes