The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler is a 1990 television film based on the July 20 plot by German High Command 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.

For the 1955 German film, see The Plot to Assassinate Hitler.
The Plot to Kill Hitler
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Written bySteven Elkins
Directed byLawrence Schiller
StarringBrad Davis
Ian Richardson
Michael Byrne
Rupert Graves
Helmut Griem
Music byLaurence Rosenthal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersAlfred R. Kelman
Bernard Sofronski
CinematographyFreddie Francis
EditorBernard Gribble
Running time93 minutes
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original release
  • January 30, 1990 (1990-01-30)

Plot summary

Led by Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, several German High Command officers plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government, with the ultimate intention of surrendering their country to the Allies. Stauffenberg manages to plant a bomb, hidden in his briefcase, in Hitler's battlefield headquarters. By sheer luck, Heinz Brandt unwittingly moves the briefcase slightly, and Hitler survives the subsequent blast. In the final hours of July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg, Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, General Friedrich Olbricht, Ludwig Beck, and Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim are arrested and tried. Beck commits suicide, and the rest are taken to be executed. Stauffenberg declares "Long live the sacred Germany!" before being killed, and the others are also killed beside him within seconds.

Cast
ActorRole
Brad DavisClaus von Stauffenberg
Madolyn SmithNina von Stauffenberg
Ian RichardsonGeneral Ludwig Beck
Kenneth ColleyField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Michael ByrneGeneral Friedrich Olbricht
Helmut LohnerGeneral Friedrich Fromm
Jonathan HydeJoseph Goebbels
Rupert GravesAxel von dem Bussche
Helmut GriemField Marshal Erwin Rommel
Mike GwilymAdolf Hitler
Vernon DobtcheffGeneral Erich Fellgiebel
Christoph EichhornGeneral Helmuth Stieff
Michael FitzegeraldMajor Ernst John von Freyend
Jack HedleyGeneral Adolf Heusinger
Heather ChasenThe Baroness
Burkhard HeylColonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Timothy WatsonMajor Ernst Remer

Production

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


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