Top Cast
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Wolfgang Preiss
Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
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Annemarie Düringer
Hildegard Klee
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Robert Freitag
Hauptmann Lindner
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Fritz Tillmann
General Henning von Tresckow
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Werner Hinz
Generaloberst Ludwig Beck
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Paul Esser
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben
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Wolfgang Büttner
General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
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Hans Zesch-Ballot
Generalleutnant Erich Hoepner
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Herbert Wilk
Oberst Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Overview
A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.
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