
"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.
First Aired: 7/18/1971
Languages: German
Created by: Helmut Pigge
Type: Miniseries
Companies: WDR
Countries: Germany
Joachim Engel-Denis
Adam von Trott zu Solz

Joachim Hansen
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Werner Hessenland
Paul von Hase

Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Otto Ernst Remer

Joachim Engel-Denis
Adam von Trott zu Solz
Manfred Spies
Werner von Haeften
Rolf Müller
Ludwig Beck

Bert Fortell
Heinrich Kodré

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Erwin von Witzleben
Friedrich Siemers
Erwin Rommel
Götz von Langheim
Caesar von Hofacker
Bernd Schäfer
Karl Wilhelm Specht

Joachim Fest
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