The bomb that didn't change history — but could have.
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
Acting
Carson's Stauffenberg: aristocratic resolve cracking under pressure.
Direction
Cartier's claustrophobic TV staging amplifies the inevitability.
Director
Rudolph Cartier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cartier directed this same year he helmed the BBC's 'An Age of Kings,' proving he could stage power struggles with minimal sets.
Made when West Germany was still wrestling with the 'clean Wehrmacht' myth; this British production sidesteps that debate by focusing entirely on the aristocratic plotters.
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