The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler
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Directed by	Lawrence Schiller
Produced by	Alfred R. Kelman Bernard Sofronski
Written by	Steven Elkins
Starring	Brad Davis Ian Richardson Michael Byrne Rupert Graves Helmut Griem
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography	Freddie Francis
Edited by	Bernard Gribble
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	January 30, 1990 (1990-01-30)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Plot to Kill Hitler is a 1990 television film based on the July 20 plot by German officers to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. Brad Davis stars as Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who plants a bomb in the conference room of the Führer's headquarters in East Prussia.

Plot summary

The Plot to Kill Hitler is a historical re-creation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government, with the ultimate intention of surrendering their country to the Allies. Led by Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, this group of dedicated officers managed to plant a bomb, hidden in Stauffenberg's briefcase, in Hitler’s battlefield headquarters. By sheer luck, Hitler survived the blast and the SS quickly arrested and executed most of those involved.

The film is historically inaccurate in one aspect—Hitler's involvement in astrology. One scene has him looking over astrological charts, which some people believe about the Nazi leader. Most historians, however, regard this as false.

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed in the United States and Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

External links

• The Plot to kill Hitler at the Internet Movie Database