The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
June 21, 1955Release Date
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
June 21, 1955Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Wolfgang Preiss](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26502-wolfgang-preiss.webp)
Wolfgang Preiss
Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
![Annemarie Düringer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56356-annemarie-duringer.webp)
Annemarie Düringer
Hildegard Klee - Sekretärin im OKW
![Robert Freitag](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33855-robert-freitag.webp)
Robert Freitag
Hauptmann Lindner
![Werner Hinz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48014-werner-hinz.webp)
Werner Hinz
Generaloberst Ludwig Beck
![Fritz Tillmann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25266-fritz-tillmann.webp)
Fritz Tillmann
General Henning von Tresckow
![Falk Harnack](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Falk Harnack
Director
![Paul Esser](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19634-paul-esser.webp)
Paul Esser
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben
![Wolfgang Büttner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48007-wolfgang-buttner.webp)
Wolfgang Büttner
General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
![Werner Jörg Lüddecke](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Writer
![Günther Weisenborn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/501764-gunther-weisenborn.webp)
Günther Weisenborn
Writer
![Hans Zesch-Ballot](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/309630-hans-zesch-ballot.webp)
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Generalleutnant Erich Hoepner
![Herbert Wilk](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/102620-herbert-wilk.webp)
Herbert Wilk
Oberst Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
![Artur Brauner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/155905-artur-brauner.webp)
Artur Brauner
Producer
![Heinz Giese](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Heinz Giese
Oberleutnant - Ordonnanz bei von Tresckow
![Herbert Trantow](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herbert Trantow
Composer
![Paul Bildt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/82396-paul-bildt.webp)
Paul Bildt
Oberbürgermeister a.D. Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
![Karl Löb](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karl Löb
Cinematographer
![Maximilian Schell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16775-maximilian-schell.webp)
Maximilian Schell
Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
![Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36876-ernst-stahl-nachbaur.webp)
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Feldmarschall, Oberbefehlshaber einer Heeresgruppe
![Siegfried Schürenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/77003-siegfried-schurenberg.webp)
Siegfried Schürenberg
Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm
![Werner Peters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25707-werner-peters.webp)
Werner Peters
Oberstleutnant H.
![Claus Holm](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25542-claus-holm.webp)
Claus Holm
Oberleutnant
![Peter Mosbacher](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/198819-peter-mosbacher.webp)
Peter Mosbacher
Major Otto Ernst Remer
![Herbert Stass](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herbert Stass
Willy
Media.
![The Plot to Assassinate Hitler](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/113896-the-plot-to-assassinate-hitler.webp)
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1955
Original NameDer 20. Juli
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
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Wiki.
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (German: Der 20. Juli) is a 1955 West German feature film produced by CCC Film on the failed 20 July 1944 attempt to kill Adolf Hitler. Falk Harnack directed and co-wrote the film's script with Günther Weisenborn. Wolfgang Preiss won the German Federal Film Award for his role as the rebel army officer, Claus von Stauffenberg. The film has a realism that comes close to the style of a documentary.
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler was released in the same year as G.W. Pabst's film, Es geschah am 20. Juli, (English title, Jackboot Mutiny), which deals with the same subject.