
"Operation Valkyrie" was the name of an official alarm plan during the Second World War. With the help of this plan, the conspirators around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wanted to bring about the overthrow of Germany on July 20, 1944. The events are well known: Stauffenberg's assassination attempt failed, Adolf Hitler remained alive. In addition to the purely scenic reconstruction, this two-part, documentary-style film consists of interspersed interviews and reports with eyewitnesses and survivors who were directly involved. Everything that is available in the way of authentic testimony about July 20, 1944 is examined and documented with the highest degree of realism.
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Paul von Hase
Otto Ernst Remer

Adam von Trott zu Solz

Werner von Haeften
Ludwig Beck
Heinrich Kodré

Erwin von Witzleben

Erwin Rommel
Caesar von Hofacker
Karl Wilhelm Specht
Interviewer

Günther von Kluge
Berthold von Stauffenberg
Friedrich Olbricht
Hans Wilhelm Hagen
Hans Bernd Gisevius
Erich Hoepner
Leo Gotzmann
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Heinz Ludwig Bartram
Friedrich Fromm
Hans Speidel
Karl Heinz von Stülpnagel
Panzergeneral von Esebeck
Fritz Thiele

Mertz von Quirnheim
Eduard Frauenfeld
General Blumentritt