Every second we stand here arguing is a second lost.

Description: A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Cast:
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg: Tom Cruise
Major-General Henning von Tresckow: Kenneth Branagh
General Friedrich Olbricht: Bill Nighy
General Friedrich Fromm: Tom Wilkinson
Nina von Stauffenberg: Carice van Houten
Major Otto Ernst Remer: Thomas Kretschmann
Ludwig Beck: Terence Stamp
General Erich Fellgiebel: Eddie Izzard
Dr. Carl Goerdeler (as Kevin R. McNally): Kevin McNally
Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim: Christian Berkel
Lieutenant Werner von Haeften: Jamie Parker
Adolf Hitler: David Bamber
Colonel Heinz Brandt: Tom Hollander
Erwin von Witzleben: David Schofield
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel: Kenneth Cranham
Margarethe von Oven: Halina Reijn
Major Ernst John von Freyend: Werner Daehn
Dr. Joseph Goebbels: Harvey Friedman
Lieutenant Herber: Matthias Schweighöfer
Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf: Waldemar Kobus
Second Lieutenant Hagen: Florian Panzner
Pompous General: Ian McNeice
Captain Haans: Danny Webb
Sergeant Helm: Chris Larkin
Lieutenant-General Adolf Heusinger: Matthew Burton
Tresckow's Aide: Philipp von Schulthess
Sergeant Kolbe: Wotan Wilke Möhring
Sergeant-Major Adam: Christian Oliver
Confident General - Desert: Bernard Hill
Young Lieutenant - Desert: Julian Morris
Dr. Roland Freisler: Helmut Stauss
Doctor: Tim Williams
Stauffenberg Child (as Alexander Seidel): Karl Alexander Seidel
Stauffenberg Child: Marie Becker
Female Singer: Katharine Mehrling
Angry SS Officer (as Andy Gätjen): Andy Gatjen
Soldier: Gubbi Sigurdsson
Albert Speer (as Anton Algrang): Manfred-Anton Algrang
Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler: Matthias Freihof
Reich Marshal Hermann Göring: Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
Second Lieutenant Kretz: Jon Collin Barclay
Young Officer - Wolf's Lair: Matthias Ziesing
Communications Officer: Tom Wlaschiha
Checkpoint Guard: Carsten Voigt
Sentry - OKH (as Miles O'Shea): O'Shea Miles
Central Communications Operator: Anna Holmes
Young Officer (as Michael Schumacher): Michael Fritz Schumacher
Aide to Stauffenberg: Christoph Förster
Keitel's Adjutant: Andre Schwedt
War Ministry Secretary: Isabella Drischel
Officer: Michael Ihnow
Wolf's Lair Operator: Justin Beard
Arresting Officer: Tilmann von Blomberg
Remer's Driver: Karsten Mielke
German Soldier: Paul Umbriaco
SS Officer: Daniel Mandehr
SS Soldier: Joel Bryant
Motorcycle Driver - Desert: Mike Dunn
Standartenführer Neuner: Wolfgang Grossmann
SS Soldier - Berghof: Efka Kvaraciejus
Nazi Staff Sgt.: Ron Osburn Jr.
Paramedical Officer: Dieter Rupp
Shirtless Soldier: Dylan Saccoccio
Injured Soldier - Desert: Sean Velie
Lieutenant: Tyrell van Boog
Waiter: Nicolas Walier

Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander

Director: Bryan Singer

Release date: 25 Dec 2008

Box Office: $83,077,833