Valkyrie (11/11) Movie CLIP - Fates of the Conspirators (2008) HD

[@amtrakfan2]

Fun fact before filming the scene of firing squad executions at the Bendlerblock, Tom Cruise led the cast and crew in holding a moment of silence. For the respect for the place & those who were executed there.

[@tavish4699]

Thats a nice Touch i didnt expect

[@cr3203]

I believe it was the director that did that.

[@Schwertdaemon]

This is no „fun“ fact. This is a fact of honor and respect

[@judebhe1938]

fun fact? you stupid man

[@JessCorey]

Tom Cruise was led....he didn't lead it....

[@lovatojonasfan1]

“We must show the world that not all of us were like him” Such a chilling quote

[@player2-Red-]

[@samehahmed7819]

im egyptian i hate zionists and their allies

[@Kunta-Kinte002]

Before the end of war by a year? Nah

[@lichtbringer2289]

@@Kunta-Kinte002 More people died after this year than in all previous years put together.

[@randolphsavage9760]

Germany after Hitler was dead.

[@BananaRaid]

"You may hand us over to the executioner but in three months time the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets" was actually said (roughly translated) and absolutely beautiful

[@jennygreenwood1756]

These same words could apply to the horrible things we are dealing with in the USA at the present time.

[@Atreus21]

Uh, how?

[@johnroach9026]

@@Atreus21 Something, something Joe Biden probably

[@leemason5953]

And the judge was killed in an air raid not long after👍👍👍

[@coolfrog3552]

Sure it was

[@poundlandbandit6124]

Fun Fact: Tom Cruise was so committed to the role, he demanded the guns blanks be replaced with actual bullets.

[@fegeleinherman8587]

Hold up

[@lyc.7007]

I think this is a joke so 👁👄👁

[@fegeleinherman8587]

@@lyc.7007 or is it?

[@lyc.7007]

@@fegeleinherman8587 👁 👄 👁

[@vtrmcs]

Ahh, so he truly has achieved operating thetan level 11?

[@Alfie871]

For some reason, this scene gives me the chills when he yells "Long live sacred Germany" and gets shot. Just... awesome scene.

[@wildskies3689]

Alfie871 I’m glad you like it, being a Stauffenberg myself, that will be my senior quote, I also love the famous scene

[@brcshephard]

WiLd Skies he and the German resistance showed the world that not all of Germany believed in Hitler. Honor to the end!

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

yes, that was quite a scene of this one particular movie-flick, or Hollywood, California motion-picture-production, ...

[@kihlos2768]

Patriotism is a strong thing. Respectable.

[@raffelpaffle4974]

Alfie871 he actually yelled that during his execution

[@ravenhull]

I’m not a Tom Cruise fan, but I’m glad he didn’t play this ultra stoic and calm. Despite accepting his fate, he’s still fidgety and nervous, but doesn’t break.

[@puniopenetrante]

To be fair, Cruise has shown many times that he is, in fact, a true actor capable of displaying a very ranged performance. We are used to see Tom in the Mission Impossible movie and others action flicks

[@carolinequigg5694]

I'm not too fussed on Tom Criuse either....but damnit...he was excellent as Von Staffenberg.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

He is basically Liam Neeson, they're amazing at acting and capable of acting as emotional characters, example is Oskar Schindler fro Schiendler's List

[@williambeck2372]

@@erichvondonitz5325 Christ that movie...

[@johnlever6696]

Is this because of cruise or is it a direction recommendation.

[@ASimoneau]

"LONG LIVE SACRED GERMANY!!!" (gunshots) (And then he wakes up on a military base, and the search for Emily Blunt begins again)

[@sanlorenzo7896]

“On your feet, maggot!” “I’m trying to be nice to ya, maggot NOW MOVE!”

[@blahblahcw]

There something wrong with your suit

[@מריםסאוסי]

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[@bastardjustice]

Why does it feel like deja vu?

[@milkcarton8500]

So have your tried...you know.... Oh you mean sex? It didn’t work. Well, how many times?

[@hiitdon8630]

Imagine that! He was that loyal to his leader he even stood in front of him before dying! Unreal

[@RJStockton]

Germans used to be like that. Used to be.

[@samuelcontreras9248]

We all have a ride or die mate!

[@hidof9598]

I really felt it!

[@GamingDualities]

@Níðhöggr or stupidity. u want your friends to live not die for you

[@zaer-ezart]

@@GamingDualities or maybe you couldn't bear to just watch your friend get shot in front of you and doing nothing. Live the rest of your life haunted by the fact that you just let it happen. I would rather die with my brothers than stay alive for the rest of my days as a broken man

[@tipsygypsies2936]

Tom brings such intensity with him. Even when he's not saying words, he's expressing a thousand feelings through his facial expressions. What a gem of an actor.

[@1braincellwhm]

The guy who didn't even try to do a german accent while playing a german.

[@Henriburger1]

@@1braincellwhm I'm about to blow your mind here, but the Germans didn't actually speak with Germans accents, they actually spoke a funny language called "German".

[@1braincellwhm]

@@Henriburger1 What a stupid take. Are you expecting actors to speak the native language for a movie? No, of course not you imbecile. For immersion sake, they typically mimic the accent the native citizens would have if speaking English. Mind blowing, right?

[@realname8362]

@@Henriburger1 man, it sure did blow my mind to find out that german is actually just english with an american accent

[@masterexploder9668]

@@Henriburger1 Well there is also Arnold Schwarzenegger, who even when using his native tongue, still sounds like Arnold lol.

[@mtrich8113]

When Erwin was passed sentence the judge told him to burn in hell and he said you'll burn in hell with me.

[@itz_aimann6605]

Who Ervin vin Rommel?

[@Kargaron]

@@itz_aimann6605 von Witzleben.

[@johannsebastianbach9003]

Ayyyyy thank you mate

[@gideonfrancis1358]

He must have meant feldmarschall Erwin Von Witzleben dude

[@kidfox3971]

@@itz_aimann6605 No, Rommel was not publicly tried as he was such a popular figure in Germany. Instead he was contacted in private by the SS who told him that he could commit suicide and the people would be told that he died in an accident and would be given a hero's burial, or he could face a pointless trial and die a traitor. He chose the former.

[@erevos217]

Haeften's last act of loyalty was badass.

[@johnny1max113]

And a true story... Not added by the movie but fact

[@amazingvipul8392]

Haeften's loyalty at the end was the best moment of the entire movie for me.

[@jacobmccandles1767]

I know he did this....but I doubt he soaked up a dozen 8mm Mauser rounds. They'd have shot clean through. I wonder what the facts are?

[@whizbam4920]

@@jacobmccandles1767 There is only one live round in a firing squad. The rest are blanks.

[@jacobmccandles1767]

@@whizbam4920 fairly certain it's one blank, and in Military use possibly not even that. ....and one 8mm Mauser round in FMJ form will shoot crossways through a moose, so even if it was one...

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I LOVE how the Colonel is actually giving advice to his superior officer on how to face death "look them in the eyes" and I REALLY LOVE how the Colonel's lieutenant stands in the way of him and the firing squad. The Colonel had everything to lose (beautiful wife, beautiful children) yet he knew it all meant nothing if he allowed a monster like Hitler to continue. Some things are a matter of duty.

[@coolfrog3552]

What a idiot

[@intermilan9731]

LOL. If the allies were also getting destroyed, there would have resistance movements within allied countries as well that would have tried to make the allies surrender quickly. It's only Germany lost that we agree with the victors.

[@aerohk]

Only because Germany was losing the war. He didn’t think hitler was a monster, in fact he fought for national socialism for many years.

[@valdie91285]

​@@intermilan9731ok bud.....

[@aaronmiles2802]

@@valdie91285I mean, he’s right🤷🏿‍♂️

[@BryonLetterman]

Severely underrated movie.

[@ianfettt1563]

Word

[@legiohistoria6078]

200million at the box office for a budget of 75, and was given good ratings. No this movie isn't "underrated".

[@Kelly14UK]

Yeah but Saving and Untergang get max plaudits

[@sandrobindelli5607]

Bryon Letterman 70% of the box office is low educarion folks, people who would not understand half of this and many other movies. Box office is in no way an indicator of movie quality, really cheap stupid movies almost always make box office numbers that are triple than excellent well played and complex movies.

[@villanfc8629]

Underrated film

[@heatherhutchinson3625]

The only mission that was truly impossible

[@fonsworthhiggenbothim3680]

Finally!! Tom Cruise gets killed in a movie.

[@kashifbarnes1243]

Prometheus School of Running Away from Things couldn't hold up

[@angelodante1655]

@@fonsworthhiggenbothim3680 even in Collateral

[@fonsworthhiggenbothim3680]

@@angelodante1655 ....or so you think!

[@angelodante1655]

@@fonsworthhiggenbothim3680 watch the movie and see for yourself

[@kanthector]

Haeften shielding Stauffenberg even at the face of death, gave me tears.. Wish I had a friend like that

[@MasteroChieftan]

Doesnt get much more loyal than "I would have and WILL take a hail of gunfire for you."

[@SanitysVoid]

But did that really happen? Cause an 8mm round is going right through a body at that range.

[@leoburrows6626]

@@SanitysVoidyeah it’s a fact that he actually did that

[@EuropeanEmpireEU]

Enlist in the military and you will have friends that will have your back, no matter what.

[@emil2321]

"The world needs to know that Not all of us were like him" very true. People think of germans during 1945 and they immediately think of hitler, evil, concentration camps etc. But rarely do they realize there were some really good people during those times

[@Aven-Sharma1991]

Emil: It doesn't matter, they were the crumbs of the cake, hardly significant. It's good that they did their part, but not enough to make it noticeable. Hitler's reputation was too well known.

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

you yourself are quite right my brother, not all of us were like he himself being of the male, or female person of adolph hitler, or them being of those other nazis, or national-socialists, but were much more like mr. tom cruise's male character in the movie-flick of 'valkyrie', ...

[@heiligerjesus1960]

विनी शर्मा most if the soldiers just fought for their country, they simply did their job. The higher ranking Nazi officers were the problem

[@MrPro897]

Emil some...

[@ZacharyReaper]

Emil A lot of those soldiers and Nazi personel are fed with propaganda for years, and some were brainwashed if I recall correctly. They thought they done the right thing, most of them aren't even realize.

[@CastorDeEuropa]

1:25 The acting here is second to none in the entire film, you see stauffenberg's shock of fear, and the Major's complete surprise that the Lt. took the bullet with just a nod goodbye

[@KxEwl]

Ah yes a man rdr2

[@knutritter461]

Almost.... that 'major' leading the firing squad is a first lieutenant with the same rank as von Haeften.

[@JakobSeidl]

Oberleutnant not Major

[@TheSwedishAssassin]

Still can't get over the fact that they think an 8mm won't go through flesh and hit the guy through him....

[@alexanderlyon1215]

​@@TheSwedishAssassin It's still very possible. It's not like the entire squad fired, it's just one soldier that fired

[@gris186]

Claus von Stauffenberg and all who gave their lives trying to end the war must never be forgotten

[@tense2682]

@@jake.s7065 there were more german heroes in WW2 than just the Stauffenberg conspirators

[@PaganMin-1966]

@@tense2682 i have heard stories about some german officers did save thousands of Jews from executions

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

​@@tense2682 the white rose party. Some Germans also fighting alongside with polish partisans, wermacht forces who remained in china to combat japanese forces

[@carloshathcock5333]

His treason will never be forgotten or forgiven.

[@justanotherguy560]

@@carloshathcock5333April 30th 1945. Follow your leader

[@Egosftw1495]

Honestly one of the most intense scenes in any movie

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

oh yeah, yes, ...

[@SportySpice2004]

Last upload 3 years ago

[@failtolawl]

hyperbole

[@randomguy1379]

@Rizwan who is this guy?

[@officertnation7716]

Schindler’s list: A small pile of hinges.... Hold my pistol.

[@cloakedmetalhead1950]

As a german this always gives me tears. This is both the most saddest and most powerful scene I've ever seen.

[@nirmalsiva1]

You have a Noble Soul. God Bless You

[@grodeutschland762]

@@lauramanzoni84 What The Hell Are You Saying

[@romacili]

You should be proud being a German .! most courage , dignity and correct people i know in Earth .! long life Germany 🇩🇪🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@timcahill4676]

@@grodeutschland762 ikr I have no idea what language that is supposed to be

[@Urbandrone]

The secret/sacred Germany, the enlightened Germany, before the darkness of Nazism fell upon it.

[@Vgk6977]

This scene makes me tear up every time.

[@weirddd469]

It definitely had me in sorrow in those moments, it was my first time watching it yesterday and it was honestly a great movie

[@saecula2391]

long live sacred germany

[@TrippSimon]

@@saecula2391 long live the legacy of these men. They tried to kill a tyrant but sadly were killed themselves.

[@hostomelhorsehoarder]

@@TrippSimon o7

[@nabelnather2791]

me to long live sacred germany

[@TheMasteryZone]

"We will have to show the world.. that not all of us were like him." -General Tresckow

[@kazuhiramiller1616]

Unfortunately some people believe all Germans during WW2 were bad.

[@TheArklyte]

@@kazuhiramiller1616 and some believe that most were innocent

[@kazuhiramiller1616]

@@TheArklyte Most were. Most didn't support Hitler's rise to power.

[@TheArklyte]

@@kazuhiramiller1616 well, as I've said, exhibit №1, lady and gentlemen:\

[@kazuhiramiller1616]

@@TheArklyte In English?

[@norelius6008]

These men were true German patriots. God bless them.

[@norelius6008]

Greyhound To what?

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

The Nazi's were traitors to God and humanity. They were vile, perverted and wicked men!

[@blackmask3582]

Long live sacred germany

[@MrMagee78]

they named a street in Germany after him

[@adamparker6132]

God bless u for that comment FOREVER!

[@AlexanderTheBloodraven]

”You did not bear shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant signal to turn back by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.” - Memorial plaque in the courtyard where the conspirators of the 20th July Plot were executed.

[@divacroft1034]

traitor

[@mosthumblepersonalive54555]

@@divacroft1034 Idiot.

[@TwinTalon01]

I am Honored to be the 75th like on this comment. Honored. To my core.

[@armychris384]

@@divacroft1034🤡

[@Costanza1459]

“Look them in the eye. They’ll remember you.”

[@benjaminlee4937]

"You may hand us over to executioner, but in 3 months time the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book, and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets." -Erwin von Witzleben

[@jamesscholl300]

Roland Freisler, the guy portrayed in the middle of the 3 judges during that scene, was killed 6 months later by an allied bombing raid.

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

you all of the opposition may have won the battle being of this particular one, but we have won the war, amen, ...

[@bramdebrouwere2501]

Love this line! tI makes it even better that he actually said it on his 'trial'.

[@johnnymartinez5385]

L

[@TheJokerx420]

And we did lol

[@dinkyramirez9866]

Claus Von Stauffenberg 🌷 Henning Von Tresckow 🌷 Friedrich Olbricht 🌷 Werner Von Haeften 🌷 Erich Fellgiebel 🌷 Mertz Von Quirnheim 🌷 Wolf-Heinrich Von Helldorf 🌷 Ludwig Beck 🌷 Carl Goerdeler 🌷 Edwin Von Witzleben 🌷 And The Rest Of Operation Valkyrie 🌷 You Are Remembered FOREVER... ✝️ 🕊

[@a.jthomas6132]

Long Live Sacred Germany

[@keegan2154]

Johannes Erwin Eugene Rommel 🌷

[@valhallaiamcoming1376]

Long live sacred Germany

[@squeaky206]

Long live sacred Germany

[@xjcrossx]

I like this comment.

[@TravisLoneWolfWalsh]

RIP those brave men who stood against evil

[@norelius6008]

TheRomanianCynicist I never implied it was, using the ">" with the quotes is just a way of replying.

[@Rikard_A]

He was a royalist. He neither liked the Weimar republic or the nazi regim.

[@BrutusFanboy12345]

How is that worse than hitlers planned suicide for the country?

[@Firemarioflower]

+TheCynic You communist idiot.... no they weren't. A true national-socialist doesn't condemn the nazis' cruelties, don't question hitler. Which is what Stauffenberg and his men did, and they were proposing for WORKING TOGETHER with the good side, to make a strong, safe and democratic Europe by negotiation with the Allied Forces of the GOOD side, the Brits, Americans, French, and so on. A nazi would NEVER do that.

[@ghostdivision7]

That traitor was Hitler himself with his GREAT strategic decisions.

[@alestorcrowley]

The way the officers voice shakes after they shoot Haefte is a really nice touch. No Deutch soldat would fail to be moved by such a moment of loyalty and solidarity

[@priyachoudhary9896]

Many ss personnels often wonder for sure what they stood for but with this powerful tyranny nobody could question it.

[@tomascostanzo3673]

I like the fact that the Germans recognized later What Von Stauffenberg did. It's amazing what happened during the final days of the war. So many important things unknown to most people

[@erliksultan]

It touches when he say "Long live sacred Germany"

[@wildskies3689]

Sultan Erlik thanks, being a stauffenberg myself, i really enjoy to see him say that and show his heart was truly good

[@nepntzerZer]

Where did tom touch you? Show me on this doll...

[@isaned]

I liked how everything stopped: the music, the sound...everything. I know this clip cuts it off, but literally it's like the world froze.

[@CastorDeEuropa]

1:39 This guy is completly right, everything he said there happened.

[@DrJones20]

Not after 3 months

[@CastorDeEuropa]

Well obviously it was after 3 months, it's hardly going to be before that.

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

In official version he said in 1 year

[@augu345]

They casted literally the whole Pirates of Carrabian franchise

[@rigormortis3219]

no johnny depp

[@iwanegerstrom4564]

Is it just me that gets the feeling that this movie is somewhat underrated? R.I.P. All who perished in their fight against Nazi Germany

[@dartmada9733]

yeah. I'll admit that I don't like Tom cruise's movies but he did a good job here

[@ianfettt1563]

They were still Nazis they just wanted to get rid of Hitler to replace him with another dictator just not as oppressive

[@ianfettt1563]

+Ante Ćubelić maybe so and they did indeed want to shut down all those camps and open peace negotiations with the allies of America and British while still wanting to fight the USSR which I think we should've allied with Hitler first destroy Stalin then turn on Hitler

[@thebriton1144]

They were Germans.. The Nazis were politicians in charge of Germany

[@MrCodes84]

Not just you dude. This movie was genuinely awesome. It didn't get the credit or deserved. And after being to the Resistance Memorial where this was filmed it makes the movie even more awesome.

[@SilverNightWolf]

Why aren’t we taught about these brave men in school? I’m 24 and this is literally the first and only time I’ve ever heard of them. These men need to be honored. The men that stood up and said ‘we are not all like them!’

[@papacharlie1674]

In the UK it is part of our curriculum if you are taking GCSE History no matter what courses you will likely learn about plans to kill Hitler.

[@nvaldyrivers]

@Michael Martin who are referring coward to?

[@miller1520]

Indeed, and while they'd be at perhaps they might also shed some light on the hundreds of thousands (more?) German civilians who did realise their mistake in ever supporting Hitler but couldn't do much about it because as it was too late to resist. And whose voices were never heard. It's one thing to sacrifice your own life for a cause you believe in, but quite another to have your family be deported too. It's where most normal people certainly draw the line. Add to that the horrors inflicted upon civilians by the advancing Red Army. That's a bad situation to be in and probably be enough cause for many a man today to fight on, regardless of politics. Why is everything always reduced to right and wrong? Life is never that simple. It's for reasons like this that history repeats itself, because we teach our children a lame, fairytale version of what really transpired.

[@SantomPh]

While Operation Valkyrie was the biggest planned assassination of Hitler and the only one involving the use of the reserve army, it was only one of many attempts.

[@dislikebutton5713]

I’m German and we got taught about Stauffenberg

[@Starter102]

0:06 dying with a bit of dignity...

[@Michael-mh2tw]

Because he pulled his jacket down and shook his head a little?

[@tylerdurden639]

Dying with dignity is a duel with swords.

[@Rzo139]

@@Michael-mh2tw Yeah. Him pulling his jacket down was making sure it was proper before his death. Him shaking his head was shaking the nerves and fear off.

[@Starter102]

@@Rzo139 well said

[@zinozee8929]

Great comment. Those two simple gestures i.e the jacket being proper and ready like you’re about to meet somebody for the first time and the shaking of the head like your preparing mentally.. the actors in this did such a fine job this film deserves way more awards but because it teaches men how to be men and not females the media won’t want it doing so well.

[@slyfor2]

This movie was criminally underrated, and not just among the Biopics or History or War genres, in general. The meticulous care and detail that went into every uniform, every weapon, every detail of set and background. Even the careful recreation of this scene according to the historical accounts of it was down to the detail (i.e. Werner von Haeften, the Lt. aide to Stauffenberg really did jump the line and shield Stauffenberg in a final act of defiance and show of loyalty). I mean when you get a free second look at the Wikipedia page for this movie and hover your mouse over the actors and their real life counterparts, some of them are uncanny, not just Tom. Without a doubt though, Bill Nighy stole this film, his performance as Olbricht was phenomenal. The critical reception of this film and it's lack of awards is just criminal.

[@dbherath3517]

But there was some lapse in the most iconic scene in this movie where colonel meet hitler in berhdof..hitler siting reich marshal goring as invasion is undercontrol is not correct.

[@sgauden02]

That part when Stauffenberg's friend Lieutenant Haefte walks in front of him to take the bullets in order to give him a few more moments of life as a gesture of friendship, and loyalty is very touching. I don't know why, but it makes me think back to Joan Of Arc's execution where she was burned at the stake, and imagine one of her followers doing something like that. Imagine if right after they lit Joan's pyre, one of Joan's friends/followers suddenly walked up, and climbed onto it, choosing to burn with her so that she won't have to die alone...

[@swanbe01]

I think he did as a last gesture of respect and it reassure Stauffenberg that he had no regrets about being part of the plot.

[@sgauden02]

@@swanbe01 I know.

[@jimzeez]

@@sgauden02 I understand it from a drama perspective, but knowing that those bullets would pass straight through, soaking Stauffenberg with blood, and then also kill him it just makes it less impactful for me. But I'm not demanding *total* realism from a movie.

[@sgauden02]

@@jimzeez Except that this part REALLY happened. Stauffenberg's friend really did stand in front of him.

[@danentakoto2701]

You mean Andraste?

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Cruise needs to do more movies like this. Men of purpose who don't always win in the end but prove their value to humanity above most others. He should also do more complex villains like his role in "Collateral".

[@XH1927]

Tom didn't play the villain in Collateral. Collateral is one of those sad movies where the good guy loses, but most people are too ignorant to realize who the good guy is.

[@DMalltheway]

@@XH1927So your on the psychopaths side

[@XH1927]

@@DMalltheway How is he a psychopath? He offered to help Foxx's character to enter an elite community and thrive in it. He was professional, giving, and generous. Not a psychopath at all.

[@DMalltheway]

@@XH1927 Kills for money and can give a crap less about the lives lost and thinks he’s doing something right.

[@XH1927]

@@DMalltheway Everyone on earth kills for money, whether they do it directly or indirectly, your argument is dead right out of the gate

[@danielcharnock8975]

Colonel stauffenberg was a true hero. An inspiration to all. Respect for from the boys in the British army.

[@nightowleia]

Just finished watching this movie. This is so underrated. Crying my eyes out during these scene. The actors were great here.

[@snakeplissken1933]

You are a true hero when you raise your voice and do something in the time of despair and opression. Rest in peace Stauffenberg.

[@PageIsYourGod]

I don't think he had issue with all the brutal oppression. Just that they were doing it in too many directions at once.

[@acvaticlifE]

Absolutely fantastic movie, and terribly underrated. It definetly didn't get the marketing attention nor the praise it deserved. They stayed so true to the characters and created a really dynamic and exciting movie from something that is basically a political movement, while staying true to the history. In the scene where the guy goes in front of the firing squad, I admit that at first I was like "oh come on, this is cheesy" but right after the movie I did my research, and it's actually something tht really happened, and so the "Long live sacred Germany" part.

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

long live sacred germany

[@hidof9598]

What people don't realise is that most of what happens in fiction has actually happened before or is happening or can happen

[@isaned]

What's interesting is watching Downfall right after this movie.

[@ivanjulian2532]

Underrated by who? This is one of the most famous scenes in a war film in the last 30 years.

[@ПавелСироткин-м5е]

Stayed with the characters? It's absolutely unrealistic movie, except maybe scene where they tried bombed Hitler. Tom Cruise character wasn't so good guy, he liked ideas about suprime German race, etc, just he thought its time to make a peace and make more convenient peace for Germany.

[@osmanyreyes8373]

“Long life sacred Germany” gave me the chills and made me tear up

[@anxietydisorders5917]

btw it was Secret Germany

[@Selbstdenkender]

@@anxietydisorders5917 How are you sure he said secret and not sacred?

[@ChrisK312]

@@Selbstdenkender it´s long live the sacred germany (Lang lebe das heilige Deutschland) "heilige" is "sacred" not secret

[@joemiller9931]

@@ChrisK312 It's "Long live OUR sacred Germany". Look it up!

[@isaned]

"General Olbretch, do you fear death?" "Yes, because I'm not Davy Jones in this movie!" *Bang!*

[@JamesBond-fi8ci]

Damn

[@JamesBond-fi8ci]

Lmao bill nigty, i know right

[@HarleyQuinn-yy3ps]

This part always makes me cry

[@awokeorasleepgodsaves.]

long live sacred germany

[@betsabe1909]

Sameeee 😔

[@gaupau]

This scene was done so well!

[@anarchistatheist1917]

Claus Von Stauffenberg died by being shot by firing squad. While his brother Berthold Von Stauffenberg was tried before the people's court and roland freisler and sentenced to death which was carried out the same day. Where Berthold was hanged by piano wire and revived multiple times while this ordeal was recorded on film for hitler's personal viewing enjoyment.

[@suzydixon4930]

They didn’t expect any mercy, just like Americans founding fathers knew that signing the Declaration of Independence was also like signing their own death warrant if they lost.

[@4realjacob637]

I'm not aware to what extent because I haven't read the primary material yet. But I've been told there's very sufficient evidence to believe that America's founding fathers never thought they would actually win. There will probably thinking that they'd be martyr

[@legokingtm9462]

@@4realjacob637 I know the founding fathers are dumb but not to that extent

[@4realjacob637]

@@legokingtm9462 I mean it was more of taking a chance that things might change and that enough fuss would help the colonies. I think once the war started and declaration was signed they packed together Good or bad

[@606films9]

His body guard standing in the line of fire always makes me tear up

[@marcelo4721-w1i]

that would be pointless in real life, the bullet wouold pass through him and hit tom cruise as well

[@606films9]

@@marcelo4721-w1i “that would be pointless in real life🤓”

[@AparnaSona-c9b]

One of those films that stayes with u.. Acting, direction, dialogues all are top notch

[@zeckenlausimspeckmantel1568]

" The world needs to know that Not all of us were like him " . . .

[@Gavesplat]

I respect the ones who actually were committed to taking down Hitler, even tho if they were on the wrong side, they still fought for the greater will and that is what matters, Those who were executed for plotting against Hitler, Hats off to you.

[@4realjacob637]

That was actually a huge chunk of the German high command.

[@brucetucker4847]

@bob yob Sometimes honor requires betrayal of a bad cause.

[@Sol-os5pk]

Hats off bruh

[@simpsbelongtothegulags3702]

Wrong side Lol

[@zlinedavid]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Germany wasn’t the true enemy. Hitler and his followers were.

[@matthewmaxmorrison6108]

Fun fact Tom Cruise did his own stunts during the execution scene and was killed by firing squad

[@Mr101spb]

There is a plaque dedicated to the 4 of them on the site where they were executed... it’s the only memorial Germany has ever built for German soldiers who fought in WW2

[@dextercochran4916]

And that's really sad.

[@odysseus9176]

Dexter cochran Why’s it sad? They deserved it

[@odysseus9176]

Pope Mcgrope While I agree to an extent, a lot of these guys were at least complacent when it comes to genocide on a massive scale. Maybe if I was in the same situation as them I would’ve done the same thing, but I wouldn’t want a statue up for me.

[@sweeeetteeeeth]

it's good that germany has refrained from raising any other memorials, such is the nature of atonement

[@thyreradim7885]

@@sweeeetteeeeth Honestly take a good hard look at the world and the history of the last 200 years. Germany has payed the price over and over again, they reacted in the most human way to their situation. There was no "good" and "evil" side in WW2. All sides were wrong and to blame in some way. Germany was the one country that was significantly changed for the better after the war though. So despite how the US and the allies fought Germany and decided they were the greatest evil, they've since became probably the best country in the world. Definitely not the strongest though. Just saddens me that the US continues to allow russia, the middle east, and China to exist. Nobody has the balls to do what's necessary for world peace.

[@CarlosFlores-xf2sn]

As someone who’s really interested into WW2 stuff this scene made me tear.

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

I'm glad at the end the movie mentions there were several assassination attempts on Hitler by Germans. Many happened before Germany began to lose and even before the war even began.

[@nilsljungberg6163]

One of the most powerful movie scenes I’ve seen.

[@tikkivolta2854]

i was actually there when this was shot. besides that fact that this is a movie it transports a very strong emotion, also because it was shot at the "bendlerblock" where stauffenberg was acutally executed. to it's on stauffenbergstrasse in berlin.

[@bcdey84]

Another really messed up part of these executions is that when they executed Stauffenberg’s brother, they hung him by piano wire until he barely stopped breathing. He was then lowered, resuscitated, then re hanged over and over again. This was filmed for Hitler to watch later.....

[@austriangroyper9308]

Imagine actually believing this lmaoooo

[@dubstep101angu]

I don’t think Hitler would have that much time in his hands.

[@Palestine4Ever169]

Lmao bs story

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

sure bro lmao

[@leejim1888]

Check out Wikipedia on this incident. Absolutely true story.

[@dookucastro4835]

Fun Fact: After filming this execution scene, Tom Cruise invited the all the actors in the firing squad out to Chipotle.

[@Ranger215able]

Germany has a chipotle? Is it as good as it is in the States?

[@CaptWarChief]

This movie is so under appreciated. It has star power with actors such as Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson, who were all incredible. The music is incredibly moving. And for a Hollywood movie, it's historically accurate based on first-hand accounts, photos, newsreels, Gestapo and SS records, and talks with the actual families of the conspirators. It's a great story that has to be told. "If a soldier in a position of highest authority in such times sees his duties and tasks only within the limits of his military responsibilities, without consciousness of his higher responsibility to the whole people, then he shows a lack of greatness, a lack of comprehension of responsibility. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary actions." - Ludwig Beck

[@DarkLordDiablos]

What makes it more underrated is that there is a German version of this plot which doesn't come close to being anywhere near as good or accurate.

[@DomPatek]

Such an excellent and underrated film.

[@dontcare7086]

You people use underrated way to much. Every film has a underrated comment. Read the reviews first which are all great and you will see it got high ratings and recommendations. Tom cruise is a great actor but many people are against his scientology beliefs so they don't watch his films anymore.

[@kylealan543]

the officer telling men ready was the red baron pilot actor

[@shadowtornado7778]

kyle alan i noticed that also

[@mauriciosanchez144]

Yeah I noticed that too lmao

[@Redkinbo223]

Matthias schweighöffer

[@ltk_xv72]

😱 o shit

[@pandora509]

thanks mate, i was wondering, i know that face but from where, from where

[@m.lincoln]

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good." - Mahatma Gandhi.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

Every country on earth: *Outsourcing to the communist dictatorship of China* No one actually cares. They only start caring if it doesn't benefit themselves.

[@hanhdhsj]

Uhhh Ghandi was Hitler friend. They wrote each other letters...

[@atulsinghtomar1548]

@@hanhdhsj where did u read this

[@prabhatmishra5667]

@@hanhdhsj That letter is in history textbooks of India, they were not friends but Gandhi tried to stop the war

[@aagwinner111]

@@hanhdhsj Gandhi wrote letters to Einstein.

[@AshmithKrenjith]

80th anniversary of the plot... R.I.P.

[@OceanHedgehog]

Stauffenberg to Olbricht: "Steady, and die bravely." Also Stauffenberg: *loses his cool*

[@pradman81]

Fun fact: Goerdeler being hung by piano wire was on purpose to prolong his pain since the neck won't break.

[@bernhardwall6876]

Such a chilling scene. It seemed like Stauffenberg hadn't processed the reality of what he was facing until after Haeften takes the bullet for him. His tension on his face ratchets at that point, up toward the end. And then, how the music is cut--killed, in a way--by the final gunshot.

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

It's so amazing that they were able to film this in the exact location where those men were really executed

[@codyshi4743]

“Long Live Our Sacred Germany” May your soul Rest In Peace Claus von Stauffenberg. 😢

[@anxietydisorders5917]

it Secret Germany not sacred lol

[@eugenRDR1936]

@@anxietydisorders5917 its sacred The general was a devout catholic

[@anxietydisorders5917]

@@eugenRDR1936 dude stauffenberg was a member of the group called "secret germany" 🙄

[@سامحالسعيد-ن8ق]

Germany now supports zionists and israel

[@klssn34]

I, as a German, have to say that I am amazed and ashamed watching this... It is a history changing moment that we all know about.

[@rebboy17]

This is what true patriots look like. Not allegiance to one man but to your country and its people

[@benharrison3479]

And now the German people are being replaced by a communist government and their national sovereignty is challenged.

[@odim7960]

@@benharrison3479 lmfao sir what. Germany is as strong and prosperous as ever. Strongest economy in all of Europe, one of the most respected countries in production and export, extremely high standard of living, highly functioning social safety net and employment etc etc. You're just mad that 10% of the population is non-white lmfao and for that you say their "national sovereignty" is being challenged?

[@kiffu94]

@bob yob do they speak english? Or have murica laws... thanks god we don.t.

[@MrChileno13]

@@benharrison3479 That's because their leaders are not loyal to their country, but are pretty loyal to money, Power, EU and UNO.

[@vegetasolo1221]

Much of the movie takes place in the offices of Bendlerblock which served as the offices for the military operations of the Third Reich's military command. The courtyard of Bendlerblock is where Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the other conspirators were executed. Some of the filming of the movie took place at the actual building. This building is now the Memorial to the German Resistance (German: Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand). The statement in the final slide of the movie is from a plaque near the site of execution at the Memorial.

[@Mj-qt3xb]

"We had to show the world not all of us were like him.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

The judge portrayed in the courtroom was a particularly nasty man, Roland Freisler. If it makes you feel better, that very building collapsed on him and killed him during an allied bombing raid about 6 months after this trial.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

He was killed in way you explained on 3 February 1945, one day after the execution of Carl Goerdeler. He was presiding over a trial of one of lesser known conspiritors at the time of his death.

[@awesomelf8230]

"Long live sacred germany." That's how he told them. He did it trying to save Germany. Because it was all worth dying for. As someone who has german ancestry, it would truly be an honor and privilege to meet these people and thank them for trying.

[@gdjaybee742]

Fun Fact: As soon as Tom is shot dead, he wakes up back in the battle against the alien race called Mimic where he was thrown into a time loop reliving Germany and the Mimic battle again and again.

[@Lufex_]

On your feet maggot!

[@stevenbaer4535]

I am a German/Bavarian decent it's very extremely for me too watch it, almost impossible to see them suffered that way. Anyway it's part of German history, in Germany they're considered to be heroes to stand up Hitler Germany.

[@christinemiller1735]

Agreed!!👍

[@4realjacob637]

Only people from Bavaria like to form their own identity. It reminds me of people from Texas in America

[@roland7565]

@@4realjacob637 nothing wrong having an identity

[@ch3rlo_1]

Real Heroes. Respect for eternity.

[@Ulfhednar1993]

0:26 the looks tom cruise gives is chilling, u can see fear and desperation in hes eyes, tom is amazing actor

[@1R0QU012]

Some genuine man love, Don't think I've ever cared for someone-not-family enough to take their place in front of a firing squad to purchase them a few more seconds of life.

[@JohnAdams-lw5wh]

Over 70 years later and we remember. And we thank you for least trying to make a difference when others where blind to reality

[@maciejtyborowski3181]

Pov: conversation with the boys becomes public

[@naysoehtun6129]

This scene make me cry.

[@anonymousman2521]

"People will know we put our principles above personal gain"

[@anirprasadd]

One of the best WW2 movies ever...

[@ereini0n]

Beautiful scene, beautiful movie. It's always a good thing when people stand up to tyranny, even if they were those who helped it happen. Progress is a positive thing.

[@a.jthomas6132]

In today's world, the people in Russia protesting against war on Ukraine and is stand up to Putin's Tyranny.

[@benbirch2393]

Tyranny?!

[@mantabond]

The manner Herr Major Remer looks up at General Fromm after it is all over is ominous.

[@jaiprakash210]

Tom cruise lived and committed to the entire movie. Historic Drama. This Generation are not aware what had happened 100 years back. worth to watch. Last minutes were heart melting

[@zookeethehunter7790]

0:47, what a way to go. Not only will you be suffocating to death by hanging (which in itself is extremely painful), but the wire will also be cutting your throat, just compounding the agony.

[@vilhelmvilhelm2335]

2:01 I swear thats the same guy who played von Richtofen in The Red Baron

[@michaelaluna7684]

It is.

[@l3on500]

He is. He's called Matthias Schweighöfer, a famous actor in Germany

[@lightweight3908]

Tom Cruise: "Long live the sacred army!" *Gun shots* -Dies. Respawns; "On your feet maggot"

[@remylucai]

Talking about underrated Tom Cruise movies.

[@davidwatson3456]

Tom Cruise was stunning in this movie. I have no idea why he did not win an oscar for this

[@TheTuubster]

Imagine how awkward it was, when Cruise was invited to a german awards show, televised nationally, and he stated "Long live sacred Germany" at the end of his acceptance speech. The cameras showing the crowd were capturing a lot of "WTF!?" faces.

[@SantomPh]

Phrases like that are routinely co-opted by right wing parties like AfD for their own gain. The fact that Cruise is himself part of a massive cult of personality in Scientology doesn't help

[@fernandoesteban6503]

One minute of silence for this heroes🌹

[@kamranbashir4842]

I am from Pakistan but that *LONG LIVE SACRED GERMANY* made me a Patriot German for 10 solid minutes.

[@vdodenstein5754]

I still am.

[@ishanbajpai6940]

An Indian and a Pakistani we can be friends as Patriots to sacred Germany brother.

Heard a Indian tik toker f**ked your Pakistan cricket to oblivion with a fake email by driving off New Zealand cricket team 😅😅🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣what was lumber 1 intelligence agency of world doing????

[@bobthecanon3457]

What a moment... these germans was the real heros of Wehrmacht. Among the more than 200 later executed because of the uprising were Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben, 19 generals, 26 colonels, two ambassadors, seven diplomats, one minister, three state secretaries and the head of the Reich Criminal Police Office; Furthermore, several senior presidents, police chiefs and district presidents.

[@Burusagi]

The little extra sadistic touch of executing them one-by-one instead of all at once. Just so that the last moments of those who weren’t the first to go would be fearful of their coming fate.

[@apaixonadosporgames2982]

not many people today put principles above personal gain

[@RobTheNotary]

ODINLOOKYOU too expensive

[@devanshgupta5059]

And theres a reason for that

[@jakelawliet3584]

@@devanshgupta5059 cause it leads to harm