Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Cast

Tom CruiseClaus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Kenneth BranaghHenning von Tresckow

Bill NighyFriedrich Olbricht

Terence StampLudwig Beck

Tom WilkinsonFriedrich Fromm