1 00:00:58,788 --> 00:01:00,781 (SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN) 2 00:01:49,505 --> 00:01:50,620 (STAUFFENBERG READING IN GERMAN) 3 00:01:50,715 --> 00:01:56,338 The Fuhrer's promises of peace and prosperity have fallen by the wayside... 4 00:01:56,929 --> 00:02:00,843 leaving in their wake a path of destruction. 5 00:02:02,143 --> 00:02:09,059 The outrages committed by Hitler's SS are a stain on the honor of the German Army. 6 00:02:11,944 --> 00:02:17,151 There is widespread disgust in the officer corps... 7 00:02:17,658 --> 00:02:20,991 toward the crimes committed by the Nazis... 8 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:24,325 the murder of civilians... 9 00:02:24,998 --> 00:02:29,162 the torture and starvation of prisoners... 10 00:02:29,253 --> 00:02:30,451 (STAUFFENBERG CONTINUES IN ENGLISH) 11 00:02:30,546 --> 00:02:32,787 ...the mass execution of Jews. 12 00:02:34,299 --> 00:02:38,167 My duty as an officer is no longer to save my country, 13 00:02:39,012 --> 00:02:41,005 but to save human lives. 14 00:02:42,891 --> 00:02:45,975 I cannot find one general in a position to confront Hitler 15 00:02:46,061 --> 00:02:48,100 with the courage to do it. 16 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,347 SOLDIER: Colonel STAUFFENBERG, sir. The General will be here in four hours. 17 00:02:52,442 --> 00:02:55,562 Thank you. I'll need to see him when he arrives. 18 00:02:59,533 --> 00:03:01,027 STAUFFENBERG: I find myself surrounded by men 19 00:03:01,118 --> 00:03:03,869 unwilling or unable to face the truth. 20 00:03:04,538 --> 00:03:08,072 Hitler is not only the archenemy of the entire world 21 00:03:08,166 --> 00:03:10,372 but the archenemy of Germany. 22 00:03:12,420 --> 00:03:14,876 A change must be made. 23 00:03:18,218 --> 00:03:21,384 GENERAL: Colonel, my orders are to advance to Sidi Mansour and hold it. 24 00:03:21,471 --> 00:03:22,502 That's what we'll do. 25 00:03:22,597 --> 00:03:24,637 The British are moving up from the south, Patton is closing in on the coast. 26 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,880 You know, we should have left two days ago. 27 00:03:26,976 --> 00:03:28,684 No, Colonel. 28 00:03:28,770 --> 00:03:31,854 We keep fighting until the final victory. 29 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:34,478 North Africa's lost, and you're going to need these men a year from now 30 00:03:34,567 --> 00:03:36,227 to defend Berlin. 31 00:03:36,736 --> 00:03:39,939 We can serve Germany or the Fuhrer, not both. 32 00:03:42,367 --> 00:03:45,818 It's just that sort of talk that had you sent here, Colonel. 33 00:03:45,912 --> 00:03:48,035 What I said was much worse. 34 00:03:50,083 --> 00:03:51,363 General. 35 00:03:53,795 --> 00:03:57,080 I'm just trying to get these men out of here alive. 36 00:04:05,097 --> 00:04:08,431 -What would you have me do? -Tell Command we're low on water. 37 00:04:08,518 --> 00:04:11,721 We'd have to reroute to Mezzouna, join the 21st Panzer. 38 00:04:11,812 --> 00:04:14,220 At least then we'd have a chance. 39 00:04:15,107 --> 00:04:19,437 And the records will show that we didn't have enough water to reach Sidi Mansour? 40 00:04:19,528 --> 00:04:21,272 I can guarantee it. 41 00:04:31,499 --> 00:04:33,207 See that it's done. 42 00:04:33,918 --> 00:04:35,163 General. 43 00:04:38,714 --> 00:04:39,793 (MAN SHOUTING) 44 00:04:42,218 --> 00:04:44,839 (ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CONTINUES FIRING) 45 00:05:13,332 --> 00:05:16,083 (MUFFLED SHOUTING) 46 00:05:34,227 --> 00:05:36,054 (ENGINE SPUTTERING) 47 00:08:11,132 --> 00:08:13,255 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 48 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:17,008 OFFICER: Up! 49 00:08:26,981 --> 00:08:28,096 Down! 50 00:08:46,918 --> 00:08:48,745 -HENNING: (WHISPERING) Hitler's leaving. -Now? 51 00:08:48,836 --> 00:08:50,081 Ja. Fuse. 52 00:09:02,266 --> 00:09:04,306 (PLANE ENGINE STARTING) 53 00:09:23,621 --> 00:09:26,326 Colonel Brandt! Colonel Brandt! 54 00:09:28,751 --> 00:09:30,957 My regards to Colonel Stieff. 55 00:09:32,338 --> 00:09:36,715 Cointreau? Let's hope I don't get thirsty on the flight. 56 00:10:00,616 --> 00:10:01,647 (PHONE RINGS) 57 00:10:01,742 --> 00:10:03,366 This is Tresckow. 58 00:10:15,589 --> 00:10:17,000 He's landed. 59 00:10:25,223 --> 00:10:26,682 This is General Tresckow. 60 00:10:26,767 --> 00:10:29,602 Connect me with Operations, Colonel Brandt. 61 00:10:31,855 --> 00:10:33,515 Colonel! Tresckow. 62 00:10:34,191 --> 00:10:37,026 I'm glad you arrived safely. I hate to trouble you, 63 00:10:37,110 --> 00:10:40,859 but it seems you have the wrong bottles for Colonel Stieff. 64 00:10:41,490 --> 00:10:43,731 You do still have the package? 65 00:10:46,995 --> 00:10:50,993 Oh, no, no, no. As it happens, I've been called to Berlin unexpectedly. 66 00:10:51,082 --> 00:10:54,368 I can be at your office first thing tomorrow morning to pick it up. 67 00:10:54,461 --> 00:10:57,830 Sorry for the inconvenience, Colonel. Yes, thank you. 68 00:11:00,550 --> 00:11:02,377 Do you think he knows? 69 00:11:03,386 --> 00:11:05,295 Well, there's only one way to find out. 70 00:11:05,972 --> 00:11:07,550 (SOLDIERS CHATTERING) 71 00:11:18,401 --> 00:11:20,477 -(WHISPERING) We've been discovered. -What makes you think that? 72 00:11:20,570 --> 00:11:23,239 Oster's been arrested. The Gestapo came for him last night. 73 00:11:23,323 --> 00:11:25,445 The Gestapo could have arrested him for anything. 74 00:11:25,533 --> 00:11:28,819 -What do you think went wrong? -We don't know. 75 00:11:28,911 --> 00:11:33,324 Fuse. Temperature. Altitude. All I know is the damn thing didn't go off. 76 00:11:44,135 --> 00:11:48,761 -General Tresckow to see Colonel Brandt. -The Colonel's expecting you, sir. 77 00:11:59,066 --> 00:12:00,311 OLBRICHT: At ease. 78 00:12:10,161 --> 00:12:11,275 You'll forgive me, General. 79 00:12:11,370 --> 00:12:14,821 This little roundup has had me writing reports all day. 80 00:12:15,749 --> 00:12:18,157 -Roundup? -Dissenters. 81 00:12:19,336 --> 00:12:23,583 -Another plot against the Fuhrer. -(SCOFFS) Who are these people? 82 00:12:23,674 --> 00:12:24,705 (CHUCKLES) 83 00:12:27,011 --> 00:12:28,802 You'd be surprised. 84 00:12:31,890 --> 00:12:37,098 Now, is this what you've come for? 85 00:12:45,237 --> 00:12:47,313 Perhaps we should open it. 86 00:12:48,574 --> 00:12:50,281 (SOFTLY) I beg your pardon? 87 00:12:50,826 --> 00:12:54,693 Well, you've come a long way. You must be thirsty. 88 00:13:00,502 --> 00:13:03,503 You know, I wonder how the Fuhrer, who does not partake, 89 00:13:03,588 --> 00:13:06,957 would feel about a soldier who did so on duty. 90 00:13:11,930 --> 00:13:12,961 (SIGHS) 91 00:13:13,682 --> 00:13:15,224 Colonel Brandt. 92 00:13:18,019 --> 00:13:20,689 I took you for another sort, General. 93 00:13:22,524 --> 00:13:23,852 And I you. 94 00:13:33,076 --> 00:13:35,946 We're still in business. 95 00:13:36,037 --> 00:13:37,531 Find a replacement for Oster. 96 00:13:37,622 --> 00:13:40,160 There's no one we can trust, not in Berlin. 97 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:42,705 Well, then stop looking in Berlin. 98 00:14:10,071 --> 00:14:12,110 DOCTOR: Countess Von STAUFFENBERG? 99 00:14:13,032 --> 00:14:15,737 Perhaps before you go in, we could have a word together in my office. 100 00:14:15,827 --> 00:14:17,866 I will see my husband now. 101 00:14:25,962 --> 00:14:28,879 DOCTOR: The right hand has been amputated above the wrist. 102 00:14:28,965 --> 00:14:32,665 He's missing the fourth and fifth fingers on the left hand. 103 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,002 We couldn't save the left eye. 104 00:14:47,816 --> 00:14:48,979 (SHALLOW GASP) 105 00:15:16,595 --> 00:15:17,626 (GRUNTS) 106 00:15:22,184 --> 00:15:23,215 (CLATTERING) 107 00:15:33,153 --> 00:15:34,184 SOLDIER: Colonel. 108 00:15:37,407 --> 00:15:39,316 When you're ready, sir. 109 00:16:21,117 --> 00:16:23,822 STAUFFENBERG: I'm a soldier. I serve my country. 110 00:16:25,705 --> 00:16:27,994 But this is not my country. 111 00:16:28,082 --> 00:16:32,958 I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, "If I die now, 112 00:16:33,046 --> 00:16:35,881 "I leave nothing to my children but shame." 113 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,175 I know now there's only one way to serve Germany. 114 00:16:43,681 --> 00:16:47,465 In doing so, I'll be a traitor. I accept that. 115 00:16:49,103 --> 00:16:52,139 Just tell me, can these men see it through? 116 00:16:55,151 --> 00:16:59,860 We need to reorganize. reconsider our strategy, recruit new men. 117 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,197 That's why we want you. 118 00:17:05,911 --> 00:17:09,031 You understand what will happen to my wife and children 119 00:17:09,123 --> 00:17:11,578 if these men can't see it through? 120 00:17:15,129 --> 00:17:17,702 Come and hear what they have to say. 121 00:17:30,603 --> 00:17:32,679 You know where to find us. 122 00:17:57,045 --> 00:18:00,082 (MEN ARGUING) 123 00:18:00,173 --> 00:18:03,127 CARL: Enough! Enough. I'm not going to listen to another word of this. 124 00:18:03,218 --> 00:18:05,424 You had your chance, you failed. 125 00:18:05,512 --> 00:18:09,095 Your so-called "central solution" didn't work. 126 00:18:09,182 --> 00:18:12,100 Our only option now is to confront Hitler openly. 127 00:18:12,185 --> 00:18:13,264 OLBRICHT: This is a military operation... 128 00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:15,891 It's not a military operation, it's a political organization, 129 00:18:15,981 --> 00:18:18,353 and one that's given its military arm too much control. 130 00:18:18,441 --> 00:18:19,521 OLBRICHT: In any military exercise, 131 00:18:19,609 --> 00:18:21,436 you have to expect a certain measure of deviation. 132 00:18:21,528 --> 00:18:25,276 A measure? A measure? What about total, complete, utter failure? 133 00:18:25,365 --> 00:18:27,571 Gentlemen, I think it's time we face the fact 134 00:18:27,659 --> 00:18:31,110 that the Allies are coming, sooner or later. 135 00:18:31,204 --> 00:18:33,742 I say we sit back and let them wipe out the Nazis. 136 00:18:34,916 --> 00:18:36,992 CARL: And ask every living soul in Europe to pay the price? Use your head. 137 00:18:37,085 --> 00:18:39,078 -Carl, please. -CARL: I'm sorry, Ludwig. 138 00:18:39,170 --> 00:18:40,712 I've held my tongue too long. 139 00:18:40,797 --> 00:18:44,462 We must confront Hitler now. Force him out! 140 00:18:44,551 --> 00:18:46,045 And then what? 141 00:18:47,679 --> 00:18:49,339 I beg your pardon? 142 00:18:50,098 --> 00:18:52,221 When Hitler is gone, then what? 143 00:18:55,353 --> 00:18:56,931 I'm sorry, who is this man? 144 00:18:57,021 --> 00:18:59,975 Colonel STAUFFENBERG is Oster's replacement. 145 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:03,517 He's been transferred to my office at the War Ministry. 146 00:19:04,237 --> 00:19:07,937 -BECK: How's your uncle? -He's well, sir. He sends his regards. 147 00:19:08,032 --> 00:19:11,401 -He speaks very highly of you. -And of you, General. 148 00:19:11,494 --> 00:19:13,866 Of course, one of the things that made Oster such a great organizer 149 00:19:13,955 --> 00:19:16,327 was that he kept his opinions to himself. 150 00:19:16,415 --> 00:19:18,159 (ALL CHUCKLING) 151 00:19:18,251 --> 00:19:21,999 I'm simply asking what you intend to do when Hitler is gone. 152 00:19:22,088 --> 00:19:25,124 You don't really believe you could just walk into the Reich Chancellery 153 00:19:25,216 --> 00:19:27,458 and command the army to end the war? 154 00:19:27,552 --> 00:19:29,010 Yes. We do. 155 00:19:35,434 --> 00:19:38,969 You are in the presence of men who would have been Hitler's inner circle. 156 00:19:39,063 --> 00:19:41,518 Instead, we refused, Colonel. 157 00:19:41,607 --> 00:19:45,058 The people know we put our principles above personal gain. 158 00:19:45,152 --> 00:19:48,568 We have the respect of the people. And the army. 159 00:19:51,534 --> 00:19:55,780 Then you don't need me. Gentlemen. 160 00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:02,245 (WHISPERING) Those men are confusing respect with popularity. 161 00:20:02,711 --> 00:20:07,420 The army swore an oath, an oath that won't just die with Hitler. 162 00:20:07,508 --> 00:20:08,622 What are you going to do? 163 00:20:08,717 --> 00:20:11,125 How are you going to deal with Goebbels? Himmler? The SS? 164 00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:14,137 -They will wipe you out! -It doesn't matter! 165 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:20,098 It only matters that we act, now, before we lose the war. 166 00:20:21,230 --> 00:20:24,396 Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany. 167 00:20:27,319 --> 00:20:31,233 And we have to show the world that not all of us were like him. 168 00:20:31,865 --> 00:20:33,905 That is not enough for me. 169 00:20:35,243 --> 00:20:37,781 There has to be a chance of success. 170 00:20:39,331 --> 00:20:40,955 Then find a way. 171 00:20:42,417 --> 00:20:43,746 BERTHOLD: Poppy! FRANZ: Poppy! 172 00:20:44,169 --> 00:20:46,660 BETHOLD: Poppy's home! Poppy's home! FRANZ: Poppy's here! Poppy's here! 173 00:20:46,755 --> 00:20:47,917 FRANZ: Mommy, he's here! 174 00:20:48,006 --> 00:20:50,711 BETHOLD: Mom, come down! FRANZ: Poppy's here! 175 00:21:01,102 --> 00:21:04,436 I thought we agreed I'd come see you in Bamberg. 176 00:21:04,522 --> 00:21:07,607 -The children couldn't wait. -The children? 177 00:21:44,979 --> 00:21:47,435 (THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING) 178 00:21:49,650 --> 00:21:50,979 FRANZ: Forward! 179 00:21:55,239 --> 00:21:58,525 (CHILDREN GRUNTING) 180 00:22:17,011 --> 00:22:20,095 (AIRAID SIREN BLARING) 181 00:22:26,353 --> 00:22:27,385 (EXPLOSION) 182 00:22:55,382 --> 00:22:57,256 (EXPLOSION) 183 00:22:57,342 --> 00:22:58,374 (DEBRIS CLATTERING) 184 00:23:01,430 --> 00:23:04,051 (MUSIC STARTS AGAIN) 185 00:23:37,757 --> 00:23:39,038 STAUFFENBERG: Valkyrie. 186 00:23:39,718 --> 00:23:41,544 We've already considered Valkyrie. It isn't suitable. 187 00:23:41,636 --> 00:23:43,759 Not as it's currently written, but the Colonel has an idea 188 00:23:43,847 --> 00:23:46,385 -I think we should consider. -Excuse me. What is Valkyrie? 189 00:23:46,474 --> 00:23:48,052 BECK: Operation Valkyrie. 190 00:23:48,143 --> 00:23:51,428 The Reserve Army has thousands of men all over Berlin. 191 00:23:51,521 --> 00:23:54,012 Valkyrie is Hitler's contingency plan 192 00:23:54,107 --> 00:23:56,645 to mobilize those men during a national emergency. 193 00:23:57,569 --> 00:23:59,146 The sole purpose of the order is to protect Hitler's government 194 00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:02,404 -if he's cut off or killed. -And what use is this to us? 195 00:24:02,490 --> 00:24:06,108 Valkyrie is designed to contain civil unrest. 196 00:24:06,202 --> 00:24:08,954 But what if the SS were staging a coup? 197 00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:16,037 State Security is trying to overthrow Hitler. 198 00:24:16,129 --> 00:24:18,287 -How would High Command respond? -We would have no choice. 199 00:24:18,381 --> 00:24:20,089 We would declare a military state of emergency. 200 00:24:20,174 --> 00:24:21,834 Exactly, and initiate Valkyrie. 201 00:24:21,926 --> 00:24:24,797 Hitler's own Reserve Army, using Hitler's own plan, 202 00:24:24,887 --> 00:24:29,514 will have no choice but to seize power in Berlin to prevent the SS takeover. 203 00:24:31,227 --> 00:24:34,311 They'll think they're fighting for Hitler's government, not against it. 204 00:24:34,397 --> 00:24:37,647 HENNING: While we quietly put a new government in place. 205 00:24:39,068 --> 00:24:40,977 CARL: But only if he's dead. 206 00:24:42,321 --> 00:24:43,946 That's what you're saying, isn't it? 207 00:24:44,031 --> 00:24:47,483 How else are you going to convince people the SS are trying to seize power? 208 00:24:47,576 --> 00:24:49,486 We have to kill Hitler. 209 00:24:49,578 --> 00:24:52,864 I'm disappointed in you, Colonel. I thought a man of your background 210 00:24:52,957 --> 00:24:55,958 would suggest a more honorable approach. 211 00:24:56,043 --> 00:24:59,661 OLBRICHT: Your plan has a few minor obstacles, Colonel. 212 00:24:59,755 --> 00:25:03,124 Firstly, Valkyrie would have to be rewritten to exclude the SS. 213 00:25:03,217 --> 00:25:05,922 Then I'll need your help to get a copy. 214 00:25:06,845 --> 00:25:09,171 Rewriting an order is one thing. 215 00:25:10,683 --> 00:25:12,924 Distributing it is another. 216 00:25:13,018 --> 00:25:14,347 In this case, 217 00:25:14,436 --> 00:25:17,971 we'd be willfully circulating written evidence of high treason. 218 00:25:18,065 --> 00:25:20,686 Evidence requiring Hitler's signature. 219 00:25:26,406 --> 00:25:29,277 Well, we can all draw straws for that job. 220 00:25:30,035 --> 00:25:32,491 -And what about Fromm? -Fromm? Who is Fromm? 221 00:25:32,579 --> 00:25:34,204 He's the commander of the Reserve Army. 222 00:25:34,289 --> 00:25:38,868 I can put the reserve troops on alert, but only Fromm can initiate Valkyrie. 223 00:25:42,214 --> 00:25:43,957 Can you get to him? 224 00:25:46,927 --> 00:25:50,378 We're running out of time. Can you get to Fromm? 225 00:25:50,472 --> 00:25:51,717 He's a careerist pig. 226 00:25:51,807 --> 00:25:54,380 But one who's gone as far as he can go in Hitler's army. 227 00:25:54,476 --> 00:25:56,468 It's no secret he's not happy about it. 228 00:25:56,561 --> 00:25:59,479 Offer him a key position in the new regime. 229 00:26:00,232 --> 00:26:02,141 Make him see the light. 230 00:26:10,408 --> 00:26:12,615 OLBRICHT: Your office is through there. 231 00:26:13,662 --> 00:26:16,235 (KEITEL SHOUTING) 232 00:26:16,331 --> 00:26:18,620 OLBRICHT: I have Colonel STAUFFENBERG for General Fromm. 233 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:21,579 Colonel STAUFFENBERG, sir. Welcome back to the War Ministry. 234 00:26:21,669 --> 00:26:24,873 -It's an honor, sir. -KEITEL: You're an old woman, Fromm! 235 00:26:24,964 --> 00:26:26,209 I'd send you to the front 236 00:26:26,299 --> 00:26:30,249 if I didn't think you'd surrender just to be Montgomery's whore! 237 00:26:35,808 --> 00:26:36,923 The General will see you now. 238 00:26:52,450 --> 00:26:54,277 What is it you want? 239 00:26:54,869 --> 00:26:58,452 OLBRICHT: I wanted to introduce our new man, Colonel STAUFFENBERG. 240 00:27:00,958 --> 00:27:02,452 From Africa. 241 00:27:03,252 --> 00:27:06,917 I... I'd offer you my hand, but I might not get it back. 242 00:27:08,549 --> 00:27:10,625 I'd say the General has lost more important things this morning. 243 00:27:19,268 --> 00:27:22,020 FROMM: It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office. 244 00:27:22,104 --> 00:27:25,769 Please, sit down, Colonel. And you, OLBRICHT, if you must. 245 00:27:35,993 --> 00:27:38,780 (INHALES DEEPLY) 246 00:27:38,871 --> 00:27:41,160 They tell me you're critical of the war, Colonel, 247 00:27:41,248 --> 00:27:43,739 not that you don't seem to have good reason. 248 00:27:43,834 --> 00:27:45,791 I am critical of indecision, General. 249 00:27:45,878 --> 00:27:47,835 -In the field? -In Berlin. 250 00:27:50,549 --> 00:27:53,336 So that's why you're here, I take it, to... 251 00:27:53,427 --> 00:27:56,381 -To make decisions. -I've already made my decision. 252 00:27:56,472 --> 00:27:59,009 I'm here to help others make theirs. 253 00:28:03,562 --> 00:28:06,349 They say when there's no clear option, 254 00:28:07,524 --> 00:28:12,233 -the best thing is to do nothing. -We're at war. We must act. 255 00:28:12,321 --> 00:28:14,194 Sometimes rashly. 256 00:28:16,450 --> 00:28:19,735 And what rash action did you have in mind, Colonel? 257 00:28:21,121 --> 00:28:26,032 That would be a decision for the supreme military commander, sir. 258 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,662 A supreme commander. 259 00:28:31,715 --> 00:28:34,003 Second only to the Chancellor. 260 00:28:39,598 --> 00:28:41,341 If I were that man, 261 00:28:43,768 --> 00:28:46,639 this war would be going quite differently. 262 00:28:47,063 --> 00:28:49,685 Well, we were thinking the same thing. 263 00:28:58,408 --> 00:29:01,362 I don't need to remind you 264 00:29:03,037 --> 00:29:05,789 that we've all sworn an oath 265 00:29:08,334 --> 00:29:09,876 to the Fuhrer. 266 00:29:17,301 --> 00:29:20,717 Having said that, I'm going to forget this conversation ever took place, 267 00:29:20,805 --> 00:29:22,216 in the strict understanding 268 00:29:22,306 --> 00:29:25,142 that such talk never occurs again under this roof. 269 00:29:25,226 --> 00:29:26,851 -Is that clear? -BOTH: Yes, sir. 270 00:29:26,936 --> 00:29:31,397 Now, you can tell your friends, Colonel, that I always come down on the right side. 271 00:29:31,482 --> 00:29:36,227 And as long as the Fuhrer is alive, you know what side that is. 272 00:29:44,578 --> 00:29:45,859 Heil Hitler. 273 00:29:45,955 --> 00:29:47,994 -Heil Hitler. -Heil Hitler. 274 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,078 (SINGING IN GERMAN) 275 00:30:19,571 --> 00:30:22,857 Of course! Yes! Very good guess! 276 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,594 You realize how close I am to Hitler. 277 00:30:49,685 --> 00:30:52,389 With one word I can make you disappear. 278 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,140 My associates don't know we've been talking, 279 00:30:55,232 --> 00:30:57,308 -if that's what you're afraid of. -When the SS catch you, 280 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,734 they will pull you apart like warm bread. 281 00:31:00,821 --> 00:31:03,775 It will be a crime just to have known you then. 282 00:31:03,865 --> 00:31:07,317 I warn you, don't try to contact me again. 283 00:31:07,410 --> 00:31:08,905 You won't report me. 284 00:31:09,496 --> 00:31:11,488 Maybe if you had when I first approached you, 285 00:31:11,581 --> 00:31:14,950 you might have been keeping your oath. 286 00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:16,502 Now you're just as guilty as the rest of us. 287 00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:18,911 And you think that makes me a sympathizer, hey? 288 00:31:19,005 --> 00:31:21,627 Give a man a choice of betraying his fellow officer or his Fuhrer 289 00:31:21,716 --> 00:31:24,207 and you think his actions will show you his heart. 290 00:31:24,302 --> 00:31:27,220 -It is not that simple. -Yes. Yes, it is. 291 00:31:27,305 --> 00:31:31,006 For the last time, don't push me to make a decision. 292 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:33,770 I don't have a choice. It's clear now. 293 00:31:35,688 --> 00:31:38,523 Without you, there is no hope of success. 294 00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:41,641 You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship! 295 00:31:41,736 --> 00:31:44,061 What makes you think you'll be any different? 296 00:31:44,155 --> 00:31:46,693 What makes you think you're stronger than the people, the Reich? 297 00:31:46,783 --> 00:31:49,700 -The very momentum of history! -This is going to happen. 298 00:31:49,786 --> 00:31:53,237 Action is inevitable, as are the consequences. 299 00:31:53,331 --> 00:31:54,825 When they come for me, I'll do everything I can 300 00:31:54,916 --> 00:31:56,493 to hide what you knew and when you knew it, 301 00:31:56,584 --> 00:31:58,292 but don't delude yourself. 302 00:31:58,377 --> 00:32:00,417 You were involved in a crime against your country 303 00:32:00,505 --> 00:32:02,378 long before you met me. 304 00:32:04,634 --> 00:32:07,504 There may still be time to redeem yourself. 305 00:32:11,057 --> 00:32:13,096 Only God can judge us now. 306 00:32:20,149 --> 00:32:22,058 STAUFFENBERG: Hitler had Operation Valkyrie designed 307 00:32:22,151 --> 00:32:24,903 to completely secure his government in six hours. 308 00:32:24,987 --> 00:32:29,614 I'm rewriting the order so we can seize control of the government in three. 309 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,360 As written, the order spreads reserve troops 310 00:32:31,452 --> 00:32:33,859 across all of Germany's 19 military districts, 311 00:32:33,954 --> 00:32:37,952 including occupied cities like Paris, Vienna and Prague. 312 00:32:38,417 --> 00:32:39,792 This is a waste of resources. 313 00:32:39,877 --> 00:32:43,744 Since all of these districts follow orders from Berlin without question, 314 00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:46,247 you take Berlin, you take Germany. 315 00:32:47,593 --> 00:32:49,253 I'm rewriting Valkyrie 316 00:32:49,345 --> 00:32:50,969 to direct the majority of our strongest units 317 00:32:51,055 --> 00:32:53,213 to focus entirely on Berlin. 318 00:32:54,516 --> 00:32:58,016 We'll surround the government quarter, occupy all SS and police barracks. 319 00:32:58,103 --> 00:33:02,516 Once we have control of the government, we'll shut down all concentration camps. 320 00:33:02,608 --> 00:33:05,277 Any officers who resist will be arrested or shot. 321 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,851 I've been transferred to the front. 322 00:33:11,283 --> 00:33:12,694 Anyway, it doesn't matter. 323 00:33:12,784 --> 00:33:15,619 You know these orders better than anyone. 324 00:33:15,704 --> 00:33:19,287 That's why I'm putting you in charge of the military wing of the operation. 325 00:33:19,374 --> 00:33:21,663 -Beck agrees. -Why not OLBRICHT? 326 00:33:21,752 --> 00:33:24,788 No. It's your plan. It's you. 327 00:33:25,922 --> 00:33:28,045 One more thing. You need to be absolutely certain 328 00:33:28,133 --> 00:33:30,126 no conflicting orders get out after the flash. 329 00:33:30,218 --> 00:33:32,709 It is not enough to kill Hitler. 330 00:33:32,804 --> 00:33:34,548 We need to isolate his chain of command 331 00:33:34,639 --> 00:33:37,177 and cut them off from the outside world immediately. 332 00:33:38,894 --> 00:33:42,013 Yes, I've already considered that. I think I have just the man who can help. 333 00:33:42,105 --> 00:33:45,889 -Who is he? -Perhaps it's better I don't say. 334 00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:53,359 You know, God promised Abraham he would not destroy Sodom 335 00:33:53,450 --> 00:33:56,819 if he could find just 10 righteous men. 336 00:33:56,911 --> 00:34:00,660 I have a feeling that, for Germany, it may come down to one. 337 00:34:07,130 --> 00:34:08,541 Let's begin. 338 00:34:09,549 --> 00:34:12,336 "The Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, 339 00:34:15,346 --> 00:34:16,675 "is dead." 340 00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:25,598 Heil Hitler, General. 341 00:34:28,526 --> 00:34:32,025 Would you excuse us, please? Thank you. 342 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,370 You play the part of bureaucrat beautifully. 343 00:34:42,456 --> 00:34:44,034 It's the only time I get to relax. 344 00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:47,659 You've been promoted Chief of Staff for the Reserve Army. 345 00:34:48,713 --> 00:34:50,871 -Excuse me? -Congratulations. 346 00:34:53,384 --> 00:34:56,089 -I am busy with other things. -Unfortunately, 347 00:34:56,178 --> 00:34:59,713 your nocturnal activities don't count as service to the Reich. 348 00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:03,140 -I'll refuse the promotion. -You'll do no such thing. 349 00:35:03,227 --> 00:35:05,800 Tresckow may have left you in charge of the operation, 350 00:35:05,896 --> 00:35:07,723 but in this world I still outrank you. 351 00:35:07,815 --> 00:35:10,222 You will accept the promotion. 352 00:35:10,317 --> 00:35:15,359 You'll have real access to Hitler, his advisers, his schedule. We need this. 353 00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:21,159 I've looked through your changes to Valkyrie. 354 00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:25,037 I approve. I'll need you to get Hitler to sign it. 355 00:35:29,670 --> 00:35:32,836 Now. There's a man here to interview as your adjutant. 356 00:35:32,923 --> 00:35:35,081 He comes highly recommended. 357 00:35:41,849 --> 00:35:43,426 Close the door. 358 00:35:47,771 --> 00:35:48,969 Be seated. 359 00:35:52,943 --> 00:35:55,944 Do you know how this war will end, Lieutenant? 360 00:35:56,738 --> 00:35:58,897 The portrait will be unhung, 361 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:02,198 and the man will be hung. 362 00:36:09,793 --> 00:36:12,913 I'm engaged in high treason with all means available to me. 363 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:14,748 Can I count you in? 364 00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:25,177 For anything, sir. Anything at all. 365 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,105 (DOOR OPENING) 366 00:37:26,118 --> 00:37:27,778 Come. Come, come. 367 00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:37,328 BRANDT: Colonel Brandt, Operations. 368 00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:42,379 Colonel STAUFFENBERG, I'd like to review your presentation to the Fuhrer. 369 00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:43,499 Strictly routine. 370 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:46,049 Sir, the contents of the Colonel's bag are for the Fuhrer's eyes only. 371 00:37:46,138 --> 00:37:48,178 I am the Fuhrer's eyes, Lieutenant. 372 00:37:48,265 --> 00:37:50,341 The Colonel is a member of my staff at the War Ministry. 373 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:52,427 He doesn't answer to you. 374 00:37:54,688 --> 00:37:57,891 -They're waiting. -This way. 375 00:38:04,323 --> 00:38:07,074 (MEN CHATTERING SOFTLY) 376 00:38:09,912 --> 00:38:11,620 (CHUCKLING) 377 00:38:34,394 --> 00:38:37,265 My Fuhrer. May I present Colonel STAUFFENBERG, 378 00:38:37,355 --> 00:38:40,273 our new chief of staff for the Reserve Army. 379 00:38:41,067 --> 00:38:42,692 STAUFFENBERG: Heil, my Fuhrer. 380 00:38:47,866 --> 00:38:50,571 May I say what an honor it is to meet an officer 381 00:38:50,660 --> 00:38:55,322 who has sacrificed so much for Germany. 382 00:39:01,671 --> 00:39:04,292 If only more of my men were like you. 383 00:39:06,050 --> 00:39:08,339 Let this man stand as an example to all of you. 384 00:39:08,428 --> 00:39:11,215 He is the ideal German officer. 385 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,467 My Fuhrer. Colonel STAUFFENBERG was asked to come here today 386 00:39:17,562 --> 00:39:21,606 to brief us on mobilizing troops of the Reserve Army to... 387 00:39:21,691 --> 00:39:23,565 To repel the invasion. 388 00:39:25,153 --> 00:39:26,481 HITLER: Invasion? 389 00:39:27,989 --> 00:39:30,527 At Normandy, my Fuhrer. 390 00:39:32,577 --> 00:39:33,822 Oh, yes. 391 00:39:35,538 --> 00:39:36,818 Normandy. 392 00:39:38,249 --> 00:39:40,158 That will not be necessary. 393 00:39:41,502 --> 00:39:46,294 Reichsmarschall Goring assures me that everything is completely under control. 394 00:39:49,051 --> 00:39:50,843 Thank you, Colonel. 395 00:39:54,724 --> 00:39:57,012 My Fuhrer, if I may. 396 00:39:57,101 --> 00:40:01,015 I have an amended copy of Operation Valkyrie for your approval. 397 00:40:52,364 --> 00:40:54,606 You know your Wagner, Colonel? 398 00:41:01,039 --> 00:41:05,500 The Valkyrie. Handmaidens of the Gods, 399 00:41:05,585 --> 00:41:10,627 choosing who will live and who will die, sparing the most heroic 400 00:41:12,342 --> 00:41:14,500 from an agonizing death. 401 00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,851 One cannot understand National Socialism 402 00:41:24,771 --> 00:41:27,227 if one does not understand Wagner. 403 00:41:43,748 --> 00:41:47,247 I'm sure whatever changes you've made are for the best. 404 00:41:52,298 --> 00:41:55,465 You're dismissed. Send your man home. And, Fromm? 405 00:41:56,427 --> 00:41:59,214 Have some fresh tea brought in, will you? 406 00:42:09,273 --> 00:42:10,768 (MEN CHUCKLING) 407 00:42:10,858 --> 00:42:14,476 (SOFTLY) I don't know what you're brewing up, and I don't want to know. 408 00:42:14,570 --> 00:42:16,362 But when the music stops, 409 00:42:16,447 --> 00:42:19,946 I'd be obliged if KEITEL found himself without a chair. 410 00:42:22,161 --> 00:42:23,192 (DOOR OPENS) 411 00:42:33,172 --> 00:42:35,461 Any problem on Earth can be solved 412 00:42:35,549 --> 00:42:38,835 with the careful application of high explosives. 413 00:42:38,928 --> 00:42:42,297 The trick is not to be around when they go off. 414 00:42:42,389 --> 00:42:47,846 Two 975-gram packs of Plastit W. Enough explosive to cripple a panzer. 415 00:42:47,937 --> 00:42:51,602 Your detonators, your fuses. British time pencils. 416 00:42:52,358 --> 00:42:55,727 This acid capsule is your trigger. When you're ready to arm, 417 00:42:55,819 --> 00:43:00,695 attach the detonator to the bottom of the time pencil, like so, 418 00:43:00,783 --> 00:43:04,615 insert the entire device into either end of the Plastit W, 419 00:43:04,703 --> 00:43:08,748 crush the acid capsule, and you're live. 420 00:43:10,501 --> 00:43:15,044 When the acid eats through the wire holding back the firing pin, 421 00:43:15,130 --> 00:43:17,799 well, you'll want to be very far away. 422 00:43:21,053 --> 00:43:22,298 For you. 423 00:43:23,013 --> 00:43:25,884 -How much time will we have? -Theoretically there's a 30-minute delay, 424 00:43:25,974 --> 00:43:28,382 but with the kind of heat you can expect at the Wolf's Lair, 425 00:43:28,477 --> 00:43:30,635 I'd give you 10, 15 minutes, tops. 426 00:43:30,729 --> 00:43:32,603 That's hardly precise. 427 00:43:32,689 --> 00:43:36,141 This is state-of-the-art. You can have small or precise, not both. 428 00:43:36,234 --> 00:43:38,393 Might this just be a little too small? 429 00:43:38,487 --> 00:43:41,856 No. Hitler's bunker will magnify the blast. 430 00:43:41,948 --> 00:43:45,898 It is constructed of reinforced concrete. Steel door, no windows. 431 00:43:45,994 --> 00:43:49,328 The air pressure generated by just one of these explosives in a space like that 432 00:43:49,414 --> 00:43:51,157 will kill everyone instantly. 433 00:43:51,249 --> 00:43:53,491 The second charge will be entirely redundant. 434 00:43:53,585 --> 00:43:57,417 If, by some miracle, Hitler does survive, what then? 435 00:43:57,505 --> 00:43:59,831 We still initiate Valkyrie. 436 00:43:59,924 --> 00:44:02,250 At that point, there will be no turning back. 437 00:44:02,344 --> 00:44:04,502 But we'll have an advantage. 438 00:44:05,847 --> 00:44:08,255 We have an inside man at the Wolf's Lair. 439 00:44:08,349 --> 00:44:11,220 After the flash, he'll cut off communication with the outside world. 440 00:44:11,311 --> 00:44:13,599 While Hitler's inner circle is struggling to regroup, 441 00:44:13,688 --> 00:44:17,389 we'll have the momentum we need to seize control in Berlin. 442 00:44:18,443 --> 00:44:20,685 Himmler is expected to be at the meeting as well. 443 00:44:21,571 --> 00:44:23,610 Don't proceed unless you can get them both. 444 00:44:23,698 --> 00:44:25,192 What? 445 00:44:25,283 --> 00:44:29,779 Don't proceed unless you're confident you can get both Himmler and Hitler. 446 00:44:36,002 --> 00:44:38,160 This is Goerdeler, isn't it? 447 00:44:42,175 --> 00:44:44,962 I'll hold off, if the decision is unanimous, 448 00:44:45,052 --> 00:44:49,002 but I want another man on the committee. Not a politician. 449 00:44:49,098 --> 00:44:51,340 -Who? -Him. 450 00:44:52,476 --> 00:44:54,303 OLBRICHT: Him? STAUFFENBERG: Him. 451 00:44:55,271 --> 00:44:56,386 Fine. 452 00:44:57,648 --> 00:45:03,437 But remember, this is a military operation. Nothing ever goes according to plan. 453 00:45:34,059 --> 00:45:36,515 I'll take the children to Bamberg. 454 00:45:43,569 --> 00:45:44,944 If I fail, 455 00:45:48,574 --> 00:45:50,400 they'll come for you. 456 00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:53,536 All of you. 457 00:45:57,416 --> 00:45:58,661 I know. 458 00:46:25,694 --> 00:46:27,402 BECK: Gentlemen. Good morning. 459 00:46:27,487 --> 00:46:31,401 Hitler has scheduled a military briefing for today at 1:00. 460 00:46:31,491 --> 00:46:33,947 STAUFFENBERG will start once everyone is present. 461 00:46:34,411 --> 00:46:36,818 -They're here. -BECK: Before arming the explosives, 462 00:46:36,913 --> 00:46:39,784 STAUFFENBERG will call for authorization to proceed. 463 00:46:39,874 --> 00:46:44,750 After the flash, his inside man will sever all communications. 464 00:46:44,838 --> 00:46:47,329 Assuming Fromm refuses to join us, 465 00:46:47,423 --> 00:46:49,582 OLBRICHT would take command of the Reserve Army 466 00:46:49,676 --> 00:46:51,585 -and initiate Valkyrie. -Initiate Valkyrie. 467 00:46:51,678 --> 00:46:53,421 BECK: Then he'll notify all district commanders 468 00:46:53,513 --> 00:46:56,004 that the SS is attempting to seize power. 469 00:46:56,099 --> 00:47:00,511 The Reserve Army will arrest all SS, Gestapo and Nazi officials. 470 00:47:00,603 --> 00:47:02,762 By then, STAUFFENBERG will have returned to Berlin 471 00:47:02,855 --> 00:47:05,263 and taken command of the Reserve Army. 472 00:47:05,358 --> 00:47:09,023 Witzleben and I will assume the roles of commander of the armed forces 473 00:47:09,112 --> 00:47:10,606 and head of state. 474 00:47:10,696 --> 00:47:11,859 With Berlin secured, 475 00:47:11,948 --> 00:47:14,949 Dr. Goerdeler will address the nation as our new chancellor. 476 00:47:15,576 --> 00:47:17,902 Then, God willing, 477 00:47:17,995 --> 00:47:22,823 we can negotiate a truce with the Allies and save Europe from total destruction. 478 00:47:25,127 --> 00:47:28,128 This will identify you as a member of the operation. 479 00:47:28,214 --> 00:47:31,464 Nobody gets in or out of the perimeter without one. 480 00:47:33,135 --> 00:47:37,085 Gentlemen, this is the most important day of your lives. 481 00:47:40,226 --> 00:47:42,265 Long live sacred Germany. 482 00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:21,348 -Captain. -What is it? 483 00:48:21,433 --> 00:48:23,093 An order from General Olbricht's office. 484 00:48:23,185 --> 00:48:25,723 It's calling the Reserve Army for some sort of standby action 485 00:48:25,812 --> 00:48:29,431 in all the military districts, including Berlin. 486 00:48:29,524 --> 00:48:32,276 Looks like a drill of some kind. Send it through, Sergeant. 487 00:48:52,506 --> 00:48:53,585 Sir? 488 00:48:59,429 --> 00:49:04,091 -"Standby action"? What the hell for? -The order doesn't say. 489 00:49:05,935 --> 00:49:09,221 Assemble the men. This better not be a drill. 490 00:49:11,066 --> 00:49:13,058 (MAN SHOUTING ORDERS) 491 00:49:13,234 --> 00:49:15,310 (SIRENS WAILING) 492 00:50:18,215 --> 00:50:19,247 (INAUDIBLE) 493 00:50:20,301 --> 00:50:22,128 (SIRENS WAILING) 494 00:50:51,206 --> 00:50:54,456 The men are assembled and awaiting further orders. 495 00:50:54,543 --> 00:50:57,460 What do you suppose this is really all about? 496 00:52:50,241 --> 00:52:51,486 (GUARD SPEAKING GERMAN) 497 00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:20,800 Your man? 498 00:53:32,115 --> 00:53:33,491 He is now. 499 00:54:38,932 --> 00:54:41,138 (MEN CHATTERING SOFTLY) 500 00:54:53,029 --> 00:54:54,274 (SOFTLY) Colonel. 501 00:55:04,624 --> 00:55:05,703 (DOOR OPENS) 502 00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:07,876 SOLDIER: Attention! 503 00:55:19,805 --> 00:55:23,388 Gentlemen. For our first order of business, 504 00:55:23,476 --> 00:55:26,049 General Fromm will present his plans 505 00:55:26,145 --> 00:55:29,893 for the reallocation of troops from the Reserve Army on the eastern front. 506 00:55:29,982 --> 00:55:32,983 Now, as you know, last night the Russians launched a new offensive 507 00:55:33,068 --> 00:55:37,113 against Army Group North Ukraine in the South Poland section. 508 00:55:37,197 --> 00:55:40,317 General Harpe was brought in to replace Model 509 00:55:40,409 --> 00:55:43,078 and bring a swift end to this confrontation. 510 00:55:43,162 --> 00:55:44,276 (WHISPERING) Himmler is not here. 511 00:55:44,371 --> 00:55:45,913 FROMM: Hence the transfer of three divisions 512 00:55:45,998 --> 00:55:50,576 to fortify General Harpe's troops. 513 00:55:51,253 --> 00:55:55,796 Now, these divisions will stick to a mobile defense plan 514 00:55:55,883 --> 00:55:58,124 rather than holding any one particular... 515 00:56:03,265 --> 00:56:06,468 OPERATOR 1: Yes, sir. I'll put that right through. Connecting now. 516 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,552 -OPERATOR 2: Operator. -Direct me to the War Ministry. 517 00:56:08,645 --> 00:56:10,305 -General Olbricht's office. -One moment, please. 518 00:56:10,397 --> 00:56:12,436 OPERATOR 1: Yes, sir. Connecting now. 519 00:56:14,484 --> 00:56:15,516 (PHONE RINGS) 520 00:56:16,278 --> 00:56:18,567 -General Olbricht's office. -Himmler's not in the briefing. 521 00:56:18,655 --> 00:56:20,280 I'm ready to arm. Permission to proceed. 522 00:56:20,532 --> 00:56:22,275 Hold the line. 523 00:56:22,367 --> 00:56:26,281 STAUFFENBERG says Himmler's not at the briefing. He wants to proceed. 524 00:56:26,371 --> 00:56:27,652 Call Beck. 525 00:56:28,373 --> 00:56:29,404 (PHONE RINGS) 526 00:56:30,375 --> 00:56:31,454 Beck. 527 00:56:31,543 --> 00:56:33,167 QUIRNHEIM: Himmler is not at the briefing. 528 00:56:34,629 --> 00:56:36,871 Himmler's not at the briefing. 529 00:56:46,808 --> 00:56:49,133 FROMM: ...already diminished reserves. 530 00:56:52,105 --> 00:56:53,136 BECK: No. 531 00:56:57,318 --> 00:56:58,481 They say no. 532 00:57:01,948 --> 00:57:03,572 What do you say? 533 00:57:08,413 --> 00:57:09,823 (WHISPERING) I say do it. 534 00:57:10,707 --> 00:57:12,082 SOLDIER: Attention! 535 00:57:47,159 --> 00:57:50,694 Whatever it was, Colonel, I hope it was important. 536 00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,578 FREYEND: Colonel? Your bag. 537 00:58:20,109 --> 00:58:23,643 This has been a drill! You're dismissed! 538 00:58:24,071 --> 00:58:25,565 (OFFICER SHOUTING ORDERS) 539 00:58:27,699 --> 00:58:31,068 How dare you put the Reserve Army on standby without my knowledge? 540 00:58:31,161 --> 00:58:32,739 Damn near cost me my commission. 541 00:58:32,830 --> 00:58:35,499 And what in God's name made you think you even had the authority? 542 00:58:35,582 --> 00:58:39,829 -It was only a drill, an exercise. -Don't lie, OLBRICHT! Not to me. 543 00:58:40,545 --> 00:58:42,004 We both know it wasn't a drill. 544 00:58:42,089 --> 00:58:44,580 -General, if I may... -No, you may not, Colonel. 545 00:58:44,675 --> 00:58:46,252 You may not do anything. 546 00:58:46,343 --> 00:58:48,419 Because not only have you proved to me you can't deliver, 547 00:58:48,512 --> 00:58:51,216 you've painted a target on my back. 548 00:58:51,306 --> 00:58:55,256 If I so much as sense you trying to move the Reserve Army again, 549 00:58:55,352 --> 00:58:58,139 I will personally have you both arrested. 550 00:59:00,357 --> 00:59:03,274 Do I make myself abundantly clear? 551 00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,103 -Yes, sir. -Yes, sir. 552 00:59:09,491 --> 00:59:11,567 -Heil Hitler. -Heil Hitler. 553 00:59:13,703 --> 00:59:15,945 I'll hear you say it, Colonel. 554 00:59:23,588 --> 00:59:24,619 (CLICKS HEELS FORMALLY) 555 00:59:25,131 --> 00:59:26,590 (SHOUTS) Heil Hitler! 556 00:59:37,310 --> 00:59:40,643 The point of replacing Hitler is to negotiate a truce with the Allies. 557 00:59:40,730 --> 00:59:43,138 The Allies, I suspect, would be more amenable to a truce 558 00:59:43,232 --> 00:59:46,269 if we offer it to them before they get to fucking Berlin! 559 00:59:46,361 --> 00:59:49,730 CARL: There's no point in killing Hitler unless you kill Himmler, too. 560 00:59:49,822 --> 00:59:52,313 Why remove a madman just to have a lunatic take his place? 561 00:59:52,408 --> 00:59:55,160 Today's failure had nothing to do with Himmler, and you know it. 562 00:59:55,244 --> 00:59:58,909 This is a military operation in the hands of a politician, nothing more. 563 00:59:58,998 --> 01:00:01,287 -What are you suggesting? -I'm not suggesting anything. 564 01:00:01,375 --> 01:00:03,368 I'm stating the facts as I see them. 565 01:00:03,461 --> 01:00:06,415 You don't have the courage to kill Hitler, so you are making the task impossible. 566 01:00:06,505 --> 01:00:09,625 Nothing seemed to stop you and your henchman from trying it on your own. 567 01:00:09,717 --> 01:00:11,875 My only regret is that I waited for you to find your backbone. 568 01:00:11,969 --> 01:00:15,054 I don't think I'm alone when I say your judgment is in question. 569 01:00:15,139 --> 01:00:17,048 -I'd like to call a vote. -Carl. 570 01:00:17,141 --> 01:00:20,475 I propose that we relieve Colonel STAUFFENBERG. 571 01:00:21,979 --> 01:00:24,684 Carl, can I have a word with you in private? 572 01:00:24,774 --> 01:00:27,691 No, Ludwig. If you've got something to say, say it. 573 01:00:27,777 --> 01:00:31,192 Very well. I heard from the Chief of Police this evening 574 01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:34,483 that Himmler has issued a warrant for your arrest. 575 01:00:37,328 --> 01:00:39,819 You have to leave Germany tonight. 576 01:00:39,914 --> 01:00:42,998 When we succeed with the central solution, 577 01:00:43,083 --> 01:00:45,539 you'll return as chancellor. 578 01:00:45,628 --> 01:00:49,328 Disappear, Carl. Avoid contact with anyone. 579 01:01:04,563 --> 01:01:06,354 Good luck, Colonel. 580 01:01:13,113 --> 01:01:15,022 No more indecision. 581 01:01:15,115 --> 01:01:17,688 From now on, STAUFFENBERG has full discretion. 582 01:01:17,784 --> 01:01:20,869 I can't issue the alert again unless we follow through. 583 01:01:20,954 --> 01:01:24,240 I'll do my job. You just take Berlin. 584 01:01:31,923 --> 01:01:34,414 FEMALE OPERATOR: Hold on, sir. I'll try to connect you right now. 585 01:01:34,509 --> 01:01:35,885 Thank you. 586 01:01:35,969 --> 01:01:37,511 -NINA: Hello? -Hello? 587 01:01:38,930 --> 01:01:40,128 Hello? 588 01:01:40,265 --> 01:01:43,052 (STATIC CRACKLING) 589 01:01:43,184 --> 01:01:44,383 Hello? 590 01:01:46,021 --> 01:01:47,100 OPERATOR: I'm sorry, sir. 591 01:01:47,188 --> 01:01:50,392 There is bombing in Ebingen. We've been disconnected. 592 01:01:51,526 --> 01:01:55,275 Ebingen is a long way from Bamberg. I'm sure your family is safe. 593 01:01:55,363 --> 01:01:56,738 Thank you. 594 01:03:35,629 --> 01:03:37,254 Welcome, Colonel. 595 01:03:37,339 --> 01:03:40,459 Do you have a place where I could change, Major? 596 01:03:41,218 --> 01:03:42,842 Please follow me. 597 01:03:49,935 --> 01:03:52,177 At least put the Reserve Army on standby alert. 598 01:03:52,270 --> 01:03:54,228 Not until I've heard from STAUFFENBERG. Not until I'm sure. 599 01:03:54,314 --> 01:03:57,765 -But that's not what he... -Noted, Colonel. Thank you. 600 01:04:09,663 --> 01:04:12,236 The meeting has been moved up to 12:30. 601 01:04:12,332 --> 01:04:15,249 Mussolini is arriving on the afternoon train. 602 01:04:15,335 --> 01:04:17,624 -The Fuhrer wants to have lunch with him. -BRANDT: Yes, sir. 603 01:04:17,712 --> 01:04:21,081 Will Mussolini be joining us in the briefing, sir? 604 01:04:21,174 --> 01:04:22,549 I only wish he were. 605 01:04:22,634 --> 01:04:25,255 Then some ambitious officer might take the opportunity 606 01:04:25,345 --> 01:04:27,421 to shoot that dago bastard. 607 01:04:29,349 --> 01:04:32,054 Excuse me, General. I'm expecting an important call. 608 01:04:32,143 --> 01:04:34,350 Could you please have someone come and get me? 609 01:04:34,437 --> 01:04:37,142 Even if I'm with the Fuhrer. 610 01:04:37,232 --> 01:04:39,770 -Of course, Colonel. -Thank you, sir. 611 01:04:41,069 --> 01:04:42,314 FREYEND: Colonel. 612 01:05:12,433 --> 01:05:13,464 (PHONE RINGS) 613 01:05:15,978 --> 01:05:17,887 Major FREYEND speaking. 614 01:05:25,654 --> 01:05:26,686 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 615 01:05:27,531 --> 01:05:33,036 Colonel? They insist you hurry. The briefing's about to begin. 616 01:05:33,913 --> 01:05:35,989 One moment, please, Major. 617 01:05:42,254 --> 01:05:44,496 (WHISPERING) Ten minutes. Two for the walk, one for the checkpoint, 618 01:05:44,590 --> 01:05:47,081 one for the bunker, six to get out. 619 01:05:47,718 --> 01:05:49,260 Plenty of time. 620 01:05:50,763 --> 01:05:51,842 (LATCH CLICKS LOUDLY) 621 01:05:53,307 --> 01:05:55,050 Excuse me, Colonel. 622 01:05:57,603 --> 01:06:00,058 FREYEND: Sir! The Fuhrer's at the briefing! 623 01:06:06,069 --> 01:06:08,358 HAEFTEN: The Colonel is changing, Major. 624 01:06:11,658 --> 01:06:15,193 -You understand this can be difficult. -Of course. 625 01:06:30,177 --> 01:06:31,719 (WHISPERING) Plenty of time. 626 01:06:56,745 --> 01:06:59,414 -(SOFTLY) Get the car. -But, sir... 627 01:06:59,497 --> 01:07:02,167 I have everything I need. Get the car. 628 01:07:31,154 --> 01:07:32,862 I can manage this. 629 01:07:45,918 --> 01:07:47,745 -Where are they going? -It's too hot. 630 01:07:47,837 --> 01:07:51,040 The briefing has been moved to the conference hut. 631 01:08:15,948 --> 01:08:18,024 (SOFTLY) Major, my injuries have left me hard of hearing. 632 01:08:18,117 --> 01:08:20,690 Would you place me as close to the Fuhrer as possible? 633 01:08:20,786 --> 01:08:22,613 -I'll see what I can do. -HEUSINGER: ...against the Red Army. 634 01:08:24,206 --> 01:08:25,949 Not only have they been advancing from the east, 635 01:08:26,041 --> 01:08:30,454 but they're coming down on the northern and the southern fronts as well. 636 01:08:32,339 --> 01:08:35,459 As you can see, my Fuhrer, if the enemy continues at this rate, 637 01:08:35,551 --> 01:08:38,967 the situation in the East Prussian sector is critical. 638 01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:43,298 Lack of supplies is continuing to weaken our main units, 639 01:08:43,392 --> 01:08:45,384 and reserves are severely depleted. 640 01:08:45,477 --> 01:08:48,431 My Fuhrer, you remember Colonel STAUFFENBERG? 641 01:08:56,405 --> 01:08:58,029 HEUSINGER: As you are all aware, 642 01:08:58,115 --> 01:09:01,982 in the past two days alone, the 10th Army has given up Ancona, 643 01:09:02,077 --> 01:09:05,031 the 14th Division has been pushed out of Livorno. 644 01:09:05,122 --> 01:09:08,870 Army Group Center has already lost 28 of their 40 divisions. 645 01:09:09,668 --> 01:09:12,834 That is a total of almost 350,000 men. 646 01:09:18,218 --> 01:09:21,966 Since the Red Army first attacked nearly a month ago, 647 01:09:22,055 --> 01:09:25,341 our troops have already been pushed back to the Polish border. 648 01:09:25,433 --> 01:09:26,678 (RINGING) 649 01:09:26,768 --> 01:09:28,310 SOLDIER: Conference hut. 650 01:09:28,395 --> 01:09:31,977 HEUSINGER: This, compounded with the loss of the 4th Army in Minsk, 651 01:09:32,065 --> 01:09:34,982 -threatens the entire eastern perimeter. -SOLDIER: Yes, sir. 652 01:09:35,068 --> 01:09:38,437 HEUSINGER: We must consider pulling men from Army Group North Ukraine, 653 01:09:38,530 --> 01:09:39,988 as well as the Romanian... 654 01:09:45,745 --> 01:09:47,821 ...and prevent further losses. 655 01:09:47,914 --> 01:09:50,915 Unless we can quickly dispatch new blocking divisions 656 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,037 at vital points along the German right, 657 01:09:54,128 --> 01:09:55,160 Army Group will be swallowed... 658 01:09:55,254 --> 01:09:57,164 (WHISPERING) Colonel. There's a telephone call for you. 659 01:09:57,256 --> 01:09:58,632 HEUSINGER: ...by the enemy in less than a fortnight. 660 01:09:58,716 --> 01:10:02,500 And we run the risk of losing all the ground we have managed to gain 661 01:10:02,595 --> 01:10:06,427 in the last three years. Our spearhead... 662 01:10:06,516 --> 01:10:09,517 General Fellgiebel, sir. He says it's urgent. 663 01:10:12,939 --> 01:10:15,430 Yes, General, this is STAUFFENBERG. 664 01:10:18,611 --> 01:10:19,986 HEUSINGER: ...Russian air activity 665 01:10:20,071 --> 01:10:23,190 has proven just as impregnable as their ground force. 666 01:10:23,282 --> 01:10:25,358 -(SHOUTING) Why? -HEUSINGER: My Fuhrer... 667 01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:35,501 HEUSINGER: In some areas they outnumber us seven to one. 668 01:10:36,087 --> 01:10:40,832 If we can afford to give ground along the Italian front, I further... 669 01:10:44,053 --> 01:10:46,129 One thing is certain, 670 01:10:46,222 --> 01:10:49,721 the Red Army will continue an aggressive push west, 671 01:10:49,808 --> 01:10:50,923 even at the expense... 672 01:10:55,648 --> 01:10:57,605 In order to rebuild at this... 673 01:11:03,989 --> 01:11:09,280 ...already southwest of Dunaburg and closing on Army Group at Lake Peipus. 674 01:11:09,369 --> 01:11:13,830 If they are not immediately withdrawn, it will be a catastrophe. 675 01:11:28,096 --> 01:11:30,504 (MEN SHOUTING) 676 01:11:31,725 --> 01:11:33,599 (SIREN WAILING) 677 01:11:35,812 --> 01:11:39,312 Get in. Drive. 678 01:11:41,109 --> 01:11:43,731 I have orders from the Fuhrer. Drive. 679 01:11:44,988 --> 01:11:46,731 Drive! Drive! 680 01:11:50,243 --> 01:11:51,702 FELLGIEBEL: As you were. 681 01:12:17,562 --> 01:12:19,934 (MEN SHOUTING) 682 01:12:23,276 --> 01:12:26,609 Get me the War Ministry. General OLBRICHT. OLBRICHT! 683 01:12:26,696 --> 01:12:28,439 The call is urgent! 684 01:12:31,409 --> 01:12:32,440 (RINGING) 685 01:12:32,952 --> 01:12:34,115 General Olbricht's office. 686 01:12:34,203 --> 01:12:35,746 FELLGIEBEL: I'm calling from the Wolf's Lair 687 01:12:35,830 --> 01:12:38,535 with an urgent message for General OLBRICHT. 688 01:12:38,624 --> 01:12:42,622 Something terrible has happened. The Fuhrer is... 689 01:12:44,881 --> 01:12:46,256 Fellgiebel? 690 01:12:47,842 --> 01:12:49,466 Sever all communications. 691 01:12:49,552 --> 01:12:51,176 -Sir? -Just do it! 692 01:12:54,473 --> 01:12:58,341 -Well, what did he say? -(STUTTERS) I couldn't be sure. 693 01:12:59,478 --> 01:13:01,804 Well, get him back on the line. 694 01:13:03,566 --> 01:13:06,436 Sir, the bomb did go off. That much was clear. 695 01:13:06,527 --> 01:13:09,563 Fellgiebel's next step will be to sever all communications. 696 01:13:20,416 --> 01:13:23,417 -Sorry, Colonel. No one gets in or out. -We have an order from the Fuhrer. 697 01:13:23,502 --> 01:13:25,661 We have to get to the airfield immediately. Open the gate. 698 01:13:25,754 --> 01:13:27,498 I'm very sorry, but my orders are to keep the gate... 699 01:13:27,590 --> 01:13:31,421 -I just gave you an order, Sergeant. -Sir! 700 01:13:31,510 --> 01:13:33,668 Sir. Excuse me. 701 01:13:41,311 --> 01:13:44,348 Colonel STAUFFENBERG for Field Marshal KEITEL. 702 01:13:50,654 --> 01:13:53,821 Colonel STAUFFENBERG was explicit. We initiate Valkyrie regardless. 703 01:13:53,907 --> 01:13:55,532 Only Fromm can initiate. You know that. 704 01:13:55,617 --> 01:13:58,488 Then tell him Hitler's dead. Or arrest him. But do it now. 705 01:13:58,578 --> 01:14:02,410 Sir, you have to give the order to initiate Valkyrie. This is our only... 706 01:14:02,499 --> 01:14:04,575 I'm not doing anything until I hear from Fellgiebel. 707 01:14:04,668 --> 01:14:05,699 Get him back on the phone now. 708 01:14:06,128 --> 01:14:08,369 Every second we stand here arguing is a second lost. 709 01:14:08,463 --> 01:14:09,874 The risk is too great. 710 01:14:09,965 --> 01:14:12,882 What about STAUFFENBERG? What about his risk? 711 01:14:12,968 --> 01:14:15,256 He did his part, and now you're abandoning him. 712 01:14:16,555 --> 01:14:19,888 Field Marshal, sir. STAUFFENBERG here. A Sergeant... 713 01:14:19,975 --> 01:14:21,220 Kolbe, sir. 714 01:14:21,309 --> 01:14:22,934 -What? -Kolbe. 715 01:14:23,019 --> 01:14:25,557 ...Kolbe won't let me pass the main gate. 716 01:14:25,647 --> 01:14:27,686 Yes, sir, I explained that. 717 01:14:27,774 --> 01:14:30,526 Perhaps you can make him understand, sir. 718 01:14:35,865 --> 01:14:38,487 Everything's fine now, sir. Thank you. 719 01:14:41,788 --> 01:14:43,330 Open the gate! 720 01:14:52,173 --> 01:14:55,423 -At least put the Reserve Army on alert. -When STAUFFENBERG returns, 721 01:14:55,510 --> 01:14:59,757 when he gives me confirmation that Hitler is dead, then we'll proceed. 722 01:15:05,895 --> 01:15:10,107 -And where are you going? -The same place as you are. Lunch. 723 01:16:52,375 --> 01:16:54,249 Another standby alert. 724 01:16:57,047 --> 01:16:59,716 Send it through. But keep me informed. 725 01:17:23,239 --> 01:17:26,608 Sir. Another standby order. 726 01:17:29,787 --> 01:17:33,287 In ancient Greece, you would have been killed for this. 727 01:17:34,417 --> 01:17:36,575 Lucky for you we've evolved. 728 01:17:39,922 --> 01:17:41,582 Assemble the men. 729 01:17:43,509 --> 01:17:45,632 (SIRENS WAILING) 730 01:17:48,097 --> 01:17:50,968 (MEN SHOUTING) 731 01:18:30,723 --> 01:18:32,300 Quiet, isn't it? 732 01:18:34,643 --> 01:18:36,885 I'll see where our driver is. 733 01:18:40,024 --> 01:18:41,767 This is Von HAEFTEN. The Colonel and I are at the airfield. 734 01:18:41,859 --> 01:18:43,353 There's no car. There's no one here. 735 01:18:45,612 --> 01:18:48,898 You mean to tell me the alert's only just gone out? 736 01:18:49,825 --> 01:18:51,367 This is STAUFFENBERG. Get me General OLBRICHT. 737 01:19:00,002 --> 01:19:01,412 What's this? 738 01:19:08,343 --> 01:19:09,885 -Explain this! -Someone had to do something 739 01:19:09,970 --> 01:19:11,049 while you were playing dead! 740 01:19:11,138 --> 01:19:12,169 We don't know that Hitler is not alive. 741 01:19:12,264 --> 01:19:15,348 This is about Germany, for God's sake, not you! 742 01:19:15,642 --> 01:19:17,599 (PHONE RINGING) 743 01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:30,318 General Olbricht's office. Colonel STAUFFENBERG. For you, sir. 744 01:19:37,831 --> 01:19:39,658 -This is OLBRICHT. -It's been three hours, OLBRICHT. 745 01:19:39,749 --> 01:19:40,994 What the hell have you been doing? 746 01:19:41,334 --> 01:19:43,374 We've had no confirmation that Hitler was dead. 747 01:19:44,587 --> 01:19:49,961 Damn it! I saw the explosion myself! We are committed. 748 01:19:50,552 --> 01:19:53,671 -Dear God. -Now, where is Fromm? Is he with us? 749 01:19:54,222 --> 01:19:57,223 -Is he with us? -No one has spoken to him yet. 750 01:19:58,643 --> 01:19:59,674 (SIGHS) 751 01:20:09,445 --> 01:20:13,395 You listen to me. Never mind Germany. Never mind Europe. 752 01:20:13,491 --> 01:20:15,733 Your life is at stake now. 753 01:20:15,827 --> 01:20:18,234 And if you want to live through the night, you'll do exactly as I say. 754 01:20:18,454 --> 01:20:21,455 The second you hang up the phone, initiate Valkyrie in Fromm's name. 755 01:20:21,791 --> 01:20:24,496 Give him the choice to join us, or place him under immediate arrest. 756 01:20:24,585 --> 01:20:26,459 -Do you understand? -Yes. 757 01:20:26,546 --> 01:20:29,463 I'll be in Fromm's office in 15 minutes. Be there when I arrive. 758 01:21:01,538 --> 01:21:04,575 Call Beck and the others. Tell them it's time. 759 01:21:10,172 --> 01:21:12,628 Put me through to Communications. 760 01:21:13,926 --> 01:21:15,124 This is General OLBRICHT, 761 01:21:15,427 --> 01:21:19,472 calling on behalf of General Fromm, commander of the Reserve Army. 762 01:21:19,556 --> 01:21:21,845 The Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, is dead. 763 01:21:21,934 --> 01:21:23,476 A group of radicals in the SS 764 01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:25,968 are attempting to seize control of the government. 765 01:21:26,063 --> 01:21:28,221 Initiate Operation Valkyrie. 766 01:22:04,559 --> 01:22:07,679 You have your orders. Pass them along. 767 01:22:45,391 --> 01:22:48,061 Battalion. Attention! 768 01:22:53,733 --> 01:22:55,227 The Fuhrer... 769 01:22:58,070 --> 01:23:00,312 Our Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, 770 01:23:03,993 --> 01:23:05,238 is dead. 771 01:23:05,912 --> 01:23:10,538 -Who told you the Fuhrer was dead? -General Fellgiebel. At the Wolf's Lair. 772 01:23:13,794 --> 01:23:15,703 There's no use calling. All communication lines are down. 773 01:23:15,796 --> 01:23:18,881 -Yes. Get me the Wolf's Lair. -FEMALE OPERATOR: One moment, sir. 774 01:23:22,845 --> 01:23:24,423 MAN: Wolf's Lair. May I connect you? 775 01:23:24,513 --> 01:23:27,763 Yes. General Fromm for Field Marshal KEITEL. Urgent. 776 01:23:32,062 --> 01:23:35,147 -KEITEL. -Yes, I'm sorry to disturb you, sir, 777 01:23:35,232 --> 01:23:36,940 but I wonder if you could tell me what's happening. 778 01:23:37,026 --> 01:23:39,777 The most incredible rumors are circulating in Berlin. 779 01:23:39,862 --> 01:23:41,439 KEITEL: I don't know what you mean. 780 01:23:41,530 --> 01:23:44,780 There's talk that the Fuhrer has been assassinated. 781 01:23:46,118 --> 01:23:48,027 KEITEL: Another failed attempt. 782 01:23:48,662 --> 01:23:51,200 The Fuhrer was never in danger. 783 01:23:51,290 --> 01:23:54,623 By the way, where's your man STAUFFENBERG? 784 01:23:56,295 --> 01:23:59,296 STAUFFENBERG? He... On his way back to Berlin, I would think. 785 01:23:59,798 --> 01:24:03,297 Let me know when he arrives. I'd like a word with him. 786 01:24:10,517 --> 01:24:14,052 -The Fuhrer's fine. -That is a lie. Adolf Hitler's dead. 787 01:24:14,146 --> 01:24:17,811 -Operation Valkyrie is in effect. -Only I can initiate Valkyrie. 788 01:24:17,899 --> 01:24:19,144 You did. 789 01:24:28,326 --> 01:24:29,358 This is treason. 790 01:24:29,452 --> 01:24:32,288 Right now, the Reserve Army's assuming control of Berlin. 791 01:24:32,372 --> 01:24:34,115 Are you with us or not? 792 01:24:34,207 --> 01:24:36,781 Do you realize what you've done? 793 01:24:36,876 --> 01:24:38,916 -The Fuhrer is alive. -I delivered the bomb myself. 794 01:24:39,004 --> 01:24:41,162 I saw the blast. He is dead. 795 01:24:43,842 --> 01:24:44,921 Are you with us? 796 01:24:45,010 --> 01:24:46,504 (STAMMES) I don't believe this is happening. 797 01:24:46,594 --> 01:24:49,880 -This is some kind of a joke. -Are you with us or not? 798 01:24:49,973 --> 01:24:55,263 Colonel, if what you say is true, you should shoot yourself immediately. 799 01:24:55,353 --> 01:24:58,936 -The rest of you are under arrest. -No, General. You are. 800 01:25:04,445 --> 01:25:07,363 I don't know where you think this is going. 801 01:25:10,326 --> 01:25:12,034 Get me Operations. 802 01:25:13,329 --> 01:25:14,658 This is Colonel STAUFFENBERG. 803 01:25:14,747 --> 01:25:17,203 Seal off the War Ministry per Operation Valkyrie. 804 01:25:17,291 --> 01:25:18,323 No one gets in or out 805 01:25:18,418 --> 01:25:20,873 without authorization from General Olbricht's office. 806 01:25:38,229 --> 01:25:43,057 General Beck. You're not wearing your uniform, sir. 807 01:25:43,150 --> 01:25:46,235 This should be seen as a movement of the people. 808 01:25:46,320 --> 01:25:47,351 (DOOR OPENS) 809 01:25:52,201 --> 01:25:55,237 -Colonel STAUFFENBERG? -Yes. 810 01:25:59,917 --> 01:26:03,831 The chief has guaranteed the full support of the Berlin Police. 811 01:26:05,756 --> 01:26:09,540 You will have no interference from my men. You have my word. 812 01:26:12,930 --> 01:26:14,258 Thank you. 813 01:26:50,092 --> 01:26:53,461 Colonel STAUFFENBERG, sir. We are reporting for duty. 814 01:26:59,142 --> 01:27:00,969 Thank you for coming. 815 01:27:05,815 --> 01:27:09,350 Gentlemen, in three hours I want confirmation 816 01:27:09,444 --> 01:27:11,271 that the government quarter is ours 817 01:27:11,363 --> 01:27:14,732 and SS Command has been cleared of every living soul. 818 01:27:15,325 --> 01:27:17,650 You all know what must be done. 819 01:27:18,495 --> 01:27:21,033 By nightfall, I want to know that Hitler's Germany 820 01:27:21,122 --> 01:27:22,830 has seen its last sunrise. 821 01:27:25,293 --> 01:27:28,329 (HORN HONKING) 822 01:27:54,822 --> 01:27:56,696 STAUFFENBERG: Yes, sir. All replacements have been authorized. 823 01:27:56,783 --> 01:27:58,063 In fact, Field Marshal Witzleben 824 01:27:58,159 --> 01:28:00,068 has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. 825 01:28:01,037 --> 01:28:02,579 That's exactly why he's been appointed. 826 01:28:02,663 --> 01:28:05,201 If he was a member of the Party, he'd be locked up as a suspect. 827 01:28:05,291 --> 01:28:07,449 Yes, sir, I understand your concern, but this is an emergency. 828 01:28:07,543 --> 01:28:09,251 The commanding officer at the 11th District, please. 829 01:28:09,337 --> 01:28:10,368 I need a decision, Major. 830 01:28:10,463 --> 01:28:12,502 Tell your men that acts of vengeance will not be tolerated. 831 01:28:12,590 --> 01:28:14,298 STAUFFENBERG: Why hasn't anyone occupied the Tegel broadcasting station? 832 01:28:14,383 --> 01:28:16,043 Can I speak to the commanding officer in Hannover, please? 833 01:28:16,135 --> 01:28:17,380 BECK: We represent a different form of government. 834 01:28:17,470 --> 01:28:18,880 STAUFFENBERG: I'd be careful who you said that to. 835 01:28:18,971 --> 01:28:20,549 Loyalty to the Party isn't what it used to be. 836 01:28:20,639 --> 01:28:23,427 -Yes, Paris. France. -Not since they murdered the Fuhrer. 837 01:28:23,517 --> 01:28:25,059 And, Josef. Thank you. 838 01:28:25,144 --> 01:28:26,472 You've made the right decision. 839 01:28:28,522 --> 01:28:29,553 District 13 is ours. 840 01:28:41,994 --> 01:28:43,654 By order of Field Marshal Von Witzleben, 841 01:28:43,746 --> 01:28:46,949 you are under arrest for crimes against the state. 842 01:28:55,674 --> 01:28:58,046 This is STAUFFENBERG. I'm trying to connect with Major-General Thadden. 843 01:28:58,135 --> 01:28:59,546 No, I've already spoken to 413 Battalion. 844 01:28:59,636 --> 01:29:01,261 You'll have no trouble getting reinforcements. 845 01:29:01,346 --> 01:29:03,220 The order explaining everything will be in your hand shortly. 846 01:29:03,348 --> 01:29:05,970 No, these are your orders. Excellent. 847 01:29:08,020 --> 01:29:10,558 My wife is in Bamberg with my children. 848 01:29:10,647 --> 01:29:12,058 Would you please try to raise them on the phone? 849 01:29:12,149 --> 01:29:14,188 -Yes, sir. -Thank you. 850 01:29:14,276 --> 01:29:16,150 General Schwedler has issued the Valkyrie orders 851 01:29:16,236 --> 01:29:17,267 and has sealed off headquarters. 852 01:29:17,362 --> 01:29:19,236 Good. Check on the radio stations every 20 minutes 853 01:29:19,323 --> 01:29:21,529 till we have confirmation they're ours. 854 01:29:33,670 --> 01:29:36,790 STAUFFENBERG: Well, with all due respect, sir, you can't believe everything you hear. 855 01:29:36,882 --> 01:29:38,542 That is SS propaganda. He's dead. 856 01:29:38,633 --> 01:29:42,678 Only the commander of the Home Army is authorized to give orders. 857 01:29:42,762 --> 01:29:44,921 General? Sir. 858 01:29:46,099 --> 01:29:47,759 -BECK: Hello, Christian? -Our men in the transport offices 859 01:29:47,851 --> 01:29:49,309 have secured the railway communications network, 860 01:29:49,394 --> 01:29:50,473 but there are repeater stations... 861 01:29:50,562 --> 01:29:52,435 -Yes. I give you my word. -...telephone and telegraph offices, 862 01:29:52,522 --> 01:29:54,598 emergency broadcast outposts. We need more men. 863 01:29:54,691 --> 01:29:57,229 Thank you. Give my best to your family. 864 01:29:57,318 --> 01:29:58,777 He's with us. 865 01:29:59,654 --> 01:30:00,899 STAUFFENBERG: Mertz? Call Potsdam. 866 01:30:00,989 --> 01:30:03,396 Tell them to place all available units under our control. 867 01:30:03,491 --> 01:30:05,283 You have your men. Now get control of the radio. 868 01:30:05,368 --> 01:30:07,277 We have control of the government quarter. 869 01:30:07,370 --> 01:30:09,363 We don't have Berlin yet. 870 01:30:12,041 --> 01:30:14,579 (OFFICER SHOUTING ORDERS) 871 01:30:32,603 --> 01:30:35,474 -What is it now, Sergeant? -Arrest orders, sir. 872 01:30:35,565 --> 01:30:37,438 One from Colonel STAUFFENBERG in the War Ministry 873 01:30:37,525 --> 01:30:40,146 to arrest Reich Minister Goebbels. 874 01:30:40,236 --> 01:30:44,316 The other is from the Wolf's Lair, to arrest Colonel STAUFFENBERG. 875 01:30:49,996 --> 01:30:51,953 Send them both through. 876 01:30:52,581 --> 01:30:58,002 Our job is not to interpret orders, our job is to pass them along, regardless. 877 01:30:58,087 --> 01:31:00,792 -Yes, but... -(SHARPLY) That will be all, Sergeant. 878 01:31:16,105 --> 01:31:18,596 (MEN CLAMORING) 879 01:31:20,567 --> 01:31:24,695 This is treason! You're all going to pay for this! Do you hear me? 880 01:31:38,335 --> 01:31:41,786 New arrest orders, sir. For STAUFFENBERG and Goebbels. 881 01:31:43,257 --> 01:31:45,214 Do we arrest them both? 882 01:31:46,218 --> 01:31:48,756 I would hate to find out I'm being taken advantage of. 883 01:31:48,845 --> 01:31:52,428 -You really think it's a coup? -Of that I am certain. 884 01:31:53,225 --> 01:31:56,012 What I can't say is which side we're on. 885 01:31:56,686 --> 01:31:58,394 Come with me. 886 01:31:58,480 --> 01:32:00,022 QUIRNHEIM: District 4, Dresden and Leipzig. 887 01:32:00,107 --> 01:32:01,482 District 12, Wiesbaden. District 9... 888 01:32:01,566 --> 01:32:03,274 STAUFFENBERG: They've had no trouble getting reinforcements, 889 01:32:03,360 --> 01:32:06,314 and I rely on you seeing that this gets done. 890 01:32:09,074 --> 01:32:10,947 OLBRICHT: I've just spoken to Colonel Linstow. 891 01:32:11,034 --> 01:32:15,032 They've arrested 1,200 SS and Gestapo officials in Paris. 892 01:32:15,121 --> 01:32:16,699 Not a single shot fired. 893 01:32:16,790 --> 01:32:20,870 Early reports from Vienna are good. I'm waiting on word from Prague. 894 01:32:20,961 --> 01:32:22,336 Incredible. 895 01:32:55,828 --> 01:32:57,323 I'm ready to be connected. 896 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:15,930 -Minister Goebbels? -What can I do for you, Major? 897 01:33:16,015 --> 01:33:19,135 My battalion has an order to blockade the government quarter 898 01:33:19,226 --> 01:33:21,302 and place you under arrest. 899 01:33:24,648 --> 01:33:27,685 Are you a dedicated National Socialist, Major? 900 01:33:28,986 --> 01:33:30,267 Yes, sir. 901 01:33:44,543 --> 01:33:48,327 Major Remer here. Hello? 902 01:33:51,383 --> 01:33:53,459 HITLER: Do you recognize my voice? 903 01:33:55,929 --> 01:33:59,345 -Yes, my Fuhrer. -Then listen to me very carefully. 904 01:34:01,894 --> 01:34:04,515 I want these traitors taken alive. 905 01:34:06,857 --> 01:34:08,351 Yes, my Fuhrer. 906 01:34:14,865 --> 01:34:17,154 You heard what he said. The Fuhrer wants the traitors taken alive. 907 01:34:19,494 --> 01:34:20,775 Yes, sir. 908 01:34:46,021 --> 01:34:50,729 It's a coup, all right. We can't afford to remain neutral any longer. 909 01:34:54,946 --> 01:34:57,105 You have to make a decision. 910 01:34:58,908 --> 01:35:02,242 When it's over, we better wind up on the right side. 911 01:35:08,751 --> 01:35:10,127 Very well. 912 01:35:12,922 --> 01:35:14,915 Send through all communications from the Wolf's Lair. 913 01:35:15,008 --> 01:35:17,759 Stop all communications from STAUFFENBERG. 914 01:35:23,808 --> 01:35:25,516 REMER: Release these men! 915 01:35:27,395 --> 01:35:29,222 But they're part of the coup. 916 01:35:29,313 --> 01:35:31,769 I've just been on the phone with Hitler himself. 917 01:35:31,858 --> 01:35:34,812 We are the coup, you idiot. We've been duped. 918 01:35:37,947 --> 01:35:40,520 We've lost contact with District 11. 919 01:35:43,828 --> 01:35:47,826 The switchboard is overloaded. Give it 10 minutes and try again. 920 01:35:52,795 --> 01:35:55,084 Give me General Bieler, District 11. 921 01:35:55,172 --> 01:35:56,501 We still need... 922 01:35:56,590 --> 01:35:58,334 -I don't want to leave any section... -Keep trying. 923 01:35:58,426 --> 01:36:02,126 Out of my way. Where is General Fromm? 924 01:36:05,474 --> 01:36:08,724 General Fromm is no longer in command. I am. 925 01:36:08,811 --> 01:36:11,432 Beck? What are you doing here? What is going on? 926 01:36:11,522 --> 01:36:14,642 The Fuhrer is dead. The SS are staging a coup. 927 01:36:14,733 --> 01:36:17,355 We've initiated Operation Valkyrie to crush the uprising 928 01:36:17,444 --> 01:36:18,987 and save Hitler's Germany. 929 01:36:19,071 --> 01:36:22,357 You will present the order to your troops. 930 01:36:22,449 --> 01:36:25,616 I will do no such thing until I speak to General Fromm. 931 01:36:25,703 --> 01:36:29,072 You will follow your orders, or you are under arrest. 932 01:36:30,541 --> 01:36:36,127 This is treason. I will take no part. The Fuhrer is not dead. 933 01:36:37,047 --> 01:36:39,004 -The Fuhrer is not dead! -Stop him ! 934 01:36:39,091 --> 01:36:42,590 The Fuhrer is not dead! The Fuhrer is not dead! 935 01:36:42,678 --> 01:36:46,094 I have sworn an oath! This is treason! 936 01:36:46,181 --> 01:36:49,384 You all swore an oath! Listen to what I have to say. 937 01:36:49,476 --> 01:36:52,975 You are all making a terrible mistake! 938 01:36:53,814 --> 01:36:55,890 The Fuhrer is not dead! 939 01:36:58,026 --> 01:37:00,233 The Fuhrer is not dead! 940 01:37:02,239 --> 01:37:04,278 Please try my wife again. 941 01:37:13,208 --> 01:37:14,832 OVEN: Bamberg, please. 942 01:37:21,258 --> 01:37:23,215 Take your hands off me! 943 01:37:29,140 --> 01:37:30,255 HAEFTEN: Sir. 944 01:37:41,528 --> 01:37:44,197 MAN ON RADIO: Over 215 enemy tanks have been annihilated 945 01:37:44,280 --> 01:37:46,189 in the past week alone. 946 01:37:46,282 --> 01:37:48,820 The air force, engaged in low-flying offensives 947 01:37:48,910 --> 01:37:51,401 -on enemy concentrations... -STAUFFENBERG: Lieutenant. 948 01:37:51,496 --> 01:37:52,527 I can't get through to General Gerlach. 949 01:37:52,622 --> 01:37:55,789 Send a runner down to his office. Bring him here. 950 01:37:58,795 --> 01:38:00,372 BECK: Yes, thank you. 951 01:38:01,631 --> 01:38:02,829 Yes, this is STAUFFENBERG. 952 01:38:02,924 --> 01:38:05,331 I was speaking to the General about five minutes ago. 953 01:38:05,426 --> 01:38:08,213 He told me he'd return my call. I've yet to hear from him. 954 01:38:08,304 --> 01:38:10,795 I trust everything in your district is under control? 955 01:38:10,890 --> 01:38:15,137 BECK: Hans, I need your answer. There's no more time for indecision. 956 01:38:15,228 --> 01:38:17,801 And the General knows I'm waiting? 957 01:38:17,897 --> 01:38:19,356 I'm ordering you to put him on the phone immediately. 958 01:38:19,440 --> 01:38:21,314 The army gave their oath to a liar, Hans. 959 01:38:21,400 --> 01:38:23,974 STAUFFENBERG: Hello? BECK: One who's broken his own oath... 960 01:38:24,070 --> 01:38:26,395 -Hello? -...to the people a hundred times over. 961 01:38:26,489 --> 01:38:28,316 Hans, listen to me... 962 01:38:54,808 --> 01:38:57,893 This operation has been terminated! Stand down! 963 01:39:03,359 --> 01:39:06,858 MAN ON RADIO: Today, an attempt was made on the Fuhrer's life. 964 01:39:06,945 --> 01:39:11,358 The Fuhrer himself suffered no major injuries beyond light burns and bruises. 965 01:39:11,450 --> 01:39:13,822 He resumed his work immediately. 966 01:39:13,911 --> 01:39:16,484 Those seriously wounded include General Schmundt, 967 01:39:16,580 --> 01:39:19,415 Colonel Brandt and staff assistant Berger. 968 01:39:19,499 --> 01:39:21,907 Lighter injuries were sustained by General Jodl 969 01:39:22,002 --> 01:39:25,122 and Generals Korten, Buhle, Bodenschatz, HEUSINGER... 970 01:39:25,213 --> 01:39:28,582 Send the following orders to all Reserve Army commanders. 971 01:39:28,675 --> 01:39:31,546 "Broadcast incorrect. Fuhrer is dead. 972 01:39:34,264 --> 01:39:36,885 "Operation Valkyrie still in effect." 973 01:39:37,768 --> 01:39:38,799 MAN ON RADIO: ...and, as scheduled, 974 01:39:38,894 --> 01:39:42,013 received Mussolini for an afternoon briefing. 975 01:39:42,105 --> 01:39:44,810 Long live our Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, 976 01:39:44,900 --> 01:39:48,150 whom the almighty God has so visibly blessed today. 977 01:39:51,990 --> 01:39:53,614 I saw the blast. 978 01:39:58,455 --> 01:40:00,079 I saw the blast. 979 01:40:09,257 --> 01:40:12,591 MAN ON RADIO: Today an attempt was made on the Fuhrer's life. 980 01:40:12,677 --> 01:40:17,138 The Fuhrer himself suffered no major injuries beyond light burns and bruises. 981 01:40:17,223 --> 01:40:20,224 -I'm sorry. -He resumed his work immediately. 982 01:40:20,310 --> 01:40:23,097 Those seriously wounded include General Schmundt, 983 01:40:23,187 --> 01:40:26,687 Colonel Brandt and staff assistant Berger. 984 01:40:26,774 --> 01:40:29,811 Lighter injuries were sustained by General Jodl 985 01:40:29,902 --> 01:40:33,485 and Generals Korten, Buhle, Bodenschatz, HEUSINGER... 986 01:40:36,451 --> 01:40:37,696 (CLICKING PHONE) 987 01:40:39,954 --> 01:40:41,614 Shortly after the attempt on his life, 988 01:40:41,706 --> 01:40:44,244 the Fuhrer was joined by Reichsmarschall Goring 989 01:40:44,333 --> 01:40:47,952 and, as scheduled, received Mussolini for an afternoon briefing. 990 01:40:48,045 --> 01:40:51,628 Stay tuned for the Fuhrer's address to the German people. 991 01:40:51,716 --> 01:40:52,996 My family? 992 01:40:54,468 --> 01:40:56,461 Our lines have been cut. 993 01:41:00,141 --> 01:41:03,640 -I'm sorry. -Go. 994 01:41:05,479 --> 01:41:07,271 It's all right. Go. 995 01:41:23,998 --> 01:41:26,998 General. Sir. We have to get you out of here. 996 01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:55,234 (VEHICLES APPROACHING) 997 01:42:07,958 --> 01:42:10,959 (ALL CLAMORING) 998 01:42:53,711 --> 01:42:55,787 Get him out of here. 999 01:42:55,880 --> 01:42:57,588 -Stop! -STAUFFENBERG: Stand down! 1000 01:42:57,674 --> 01:42:59,962 -I said stop! -I said stand down! 1001 01:43:08,351 --> 01:43:10,260 (GRUNTING) 1002 01:43:27,453 --> 01:43:29,031 REMER: Hold your fire! 1003 01:43:38,214 --> 01:43:40,041 Colonel STAUFFENBERG? 1004 01:43:43,469 --> 01:43:46,423 By orders of the Fuhrer, you're under arrest. 1005 01:44:09,244 --> 01:44:12,660 If you have any last messages to your wives and children, 1006 01:44:12,748 --> 01:44:14,539 I will hear them now. 1007 01:44:16,710 --> 01:44:17,908 Very well. 1008 01:44:18,003 --> 01:44:20,126 A court-martial convened by me in the Fuhrer's absence 1009 01:44:20,214 --> 01:44:23,298 will pronounce sentence. Beck, you're under arrest. 1010 01:44:23,383 --> 01:44:28,674 Colonel Mertz Von QUIRNHEIM, General OLBRICHT, Lieutenant HAEFTEN, 1011 01:44:28,764 --> 01:44:30,970 and the Colonel whose name I will not mention, 1012 01:44:31,058 --> 01:44:32,433 are condemned to death. 1013 01:44:32,517 --> 01:44:34,973 General. My orders are to take these men alive. 1014 01:44:35,062 --> 01:44:36,520 Noted, Major. 1015 01:44:38,190 --> 01:44:40,229 I'd like a pistol, please. 1016 01:44:42,986 --> 01:44:44,813 For personal reasons. 1017 01:45:03,131 --> 01:45:04,625 Get on with it. 1018 01:45:04,716 --> 01:45:06,922 -With all respect... -That will be all, Major. 1019 01:45:07,052 --> 01:45:09,293 Killing us won't hide your involvement. 1020 01:45:09,387 --> 01:45:12,637 FROMM: My involvement? I don't know what you're talking about. 1021 01:45:12,724 --> 01:45:15,559 -You knew and did nothing. -You're as guilty as any of us. 1022 01:45:15,643 --> 01:45:19,427 -FROMM: Spare me, Lieutenant. -No one will be spared. 1023 01:45:35,163 --> 01:45:37,405 I'm thinking of earlier times. 1024 01:45:41,252 --> 01:45:42,283 (GUNSHOT) 1025 01:45:43,421 --> 01:45:47,086 FREISLER: This is an outrage that has never before been perpetrated here! 1026 01:45:47,175 --> 01:45:52,169 A field marshal and a general declare that they could do things better 1027 01:45:52,263 --> 01:45:54,968 than he who is the Fuhrer of us all! 1028 01:45:55,057 --> 01:45:58,676 -You confess to having said this? -Yes. 1029 01:46:03,774 --> 01:46:08,353 HITLER: My fellow Germans. I speak to you tonight for two reasons. 1030 01:46:09,363 --> 01:46:13,657 First, so that you can hear my voice and know that I am unhurt. 1031 01:46:14,577 --> 01:46:18,111 Second, so that you may know the details of a crime 1032 01:46:18,747 --> 01:46:20,705 without parallel in German history. 1033 01:46:21,917 --> 01:46:26,129 A small clique of ambitious, dishonorable officers 1034 01:46:26,213 --> 01:46:28,455 have conspired to eliminate me. 1035 01:46:29,967 --> 01:46:35,507 Except for a few bruises and burns, I was completely untouched. 1036 01:46:37,182 --> 01:46:39,804 I see in this the hand of Providence, 1037 01:46:41,186 --> 01:46:43,642 directing me to complete my work. 1038 01:46:53,282 --> 01:46:55,108 Look them in the eye. 1039 01:46:57,244 --> 01:46:59,450 They'll remember you. 1040 01:46:59,538 --> 01:47:00,913 SOLDIER: OLBRICHT! 1041 01:47:11,299 --> 01:47:12,794 Make ready. 1042 01:47:13,719 --> 01:47:15,213 (RIFLES COCKING) 1043 01:47:28,191 --> 01:47:32,236 HENNING: Well, we have to show the world that not all of us were like him. 1044 01:47:35,031 --> 01:47:36,691 (GUNSHOTS) 1045 01:47:37,534 --> 01:47:39,657 SOLDIER: Safe! Stand! 1046 01:47:42,622 --> 01:47:43,701 (GRUNTS) 1047 01:47:43,790 --> 01:47:44,869 Fire! 1048 01:47:46,376 --> 01:47:47,574 Stand! 1049 01:48:08,898 --> 01:48:10,392 SOLDIER: STAUFFENBERG! 1050 01:48:14,404 --> 01:48:17,819 CARL: The people know we put our principles above personal gain. 1051 01:48:17,907 --> 01:48:19,282 SOLDIER: Make ready! 1052 01:48:23,037 --> 01:48:24,116 Aim! 1053 01:48:36,592 --> 01:48:38,170 (GUNSHOT) 1054 01:48:40,554 --> 01:48:42,512 Safe! Stand! 1055 01:48:49,105 --> 01:48:52,438 You may hand us over to the executioner, 1056 01:48:52,525 --> 01:48:54,102 but in three months' time, 1057 01:48:54,193 --> 01:48:58,107 the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book 1058 01:48:58,197 --> 01:49:02,277 and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets. 1059 01:49:03,118 --> 01:49:04,150 FREISLER: Take him away. 1060 01:49:09,708 --> 01:49:11,950 Make ready. 1061 01:49:14,171 --> 01:49:15,451 Aim. 1062 01:49:16,715 --> 01:49:18,589 -Long live sacred Germany! -Fire! 1063 01:49:18,675 --> 01:49:20,300 (GUNSHOTS) 1064 01:49:20,761 --> 01:49:21,959 Stand.