Valkryie Movie Reflection

January 11, 2009
For my culture project, I attended the movie, Valkyrie. This movie takes place in Europe, mostly in Germany, during the time when Hitler conquered over all. Tom Cruise played Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the real-life mastermind behind Project Valkyrie- the plan to kill Hitler, reconstruct German government and change the world.
Claus Von Stauffenberg did not believe in Adolf Hitler’s customs although he did work under his government. Von Stauffenberg believed that not only was the Fuhrer enemy of Europe, but Germany as well, if everyone continued to sit back and watch him terrorize people. One day while on duty, there was a bombing, causing him to lose his left eye, some fingers, and a hand. While laying half-conscious on the ground, he was enlightened with the fact that when he finally dies, he would have nothing left for his children but a passive and shameful tribute. From that point he decided to make a stand. He joined the resistance movement, risking not only his life, but the life of his family, to change the world. Von Stauffenberg secretly worked with high-ranking officials who had access to private work and meeting places of the government, giving him great opportunities to strike. His plan was to first kill Hitler, and when he is gone and the people no longer know who or what to believe, take over, country by country. As mentioned by a colleague early in the movie, “This is war, nothing ever turns out according to plan,” von Stauffenberg be...

Valkryie Movie Reflection

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