A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.
Acting
Wolfgang Preiss carries doomed resolve in every glance.
Direction
Harnack's documentary austerity — no hero music, just ticking clocks.
Production
Shot in actual locations weeks after the real conspirators' trials.

Director
Falk Harnack
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in West Germany while many former Nazis still held government positions, it sparked debates about who got to claim 'resistance' as moral cover.
Director Falk Harnack's own brother Arvid was executed by the Nazis as a Red Orchestra spy — this is personal archaeology disguised as history.
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