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美國影星湯姆 · 剋魯斯與歐洲當紅女星範 · 侯登聯袂齣演的新片《刺殺希特勒》將在於近期在國內影院上映。

此片即根據 Da Capo Press 齣版的曆史傳記 Valkyrie: An Insider's Account of the Plot to Kill Hitler 改編而成。

自幼齣生在德國一個貴族傢庭的剋勞斯 · 馮 · 施陶芬伯格 ( 湯姆 · 剋魯斯飾 ) ，深受將軍父親的影像而最終也成踏上瞭戎馬生涯。學曆高、聰明能乾且組織能力強的施陶芬伯格很快就被提拔為德軍的高級軍官。但在他的內心卻開始對納粹黨徒們的橫行霸道，尤其對希特勒 ( 大衛 · 班伯爾飾 ) 在軍事上的喪心病狂深為不滿和厭惡。 1943 年底，德軍在各個戰場上已開始節節敗退，成韆上萬的德國士兵死於他鄉，而希特勒卻更加一意孤行。從這時起施陶芬伯格經常說，我必須采取行動拯救我們的國傢，隻有一個辦法就是除掉希特勒。通過朋友的介紹施陶芬伯格結識瞭軍隊中的反納粹小組成員，他們是一批對納粹深惡痛絕的德國軍人，正在密謀策劃暗殺希特勒的行動。不久後，施陶芬伯格被任命為國內駐防軍總司令部最高長官，從而有瞭進入希特勒的地下暗堡 “ 狼穴 ” 並直接接觸希特勒本人的機會，從 1944 年 7 月初起施陶芬伯格就一直把炸藥放在公文包中，準備見機行事炸死希特勒。由於反納粹小組堅持要將希特勒及其主戰骨乾一網打盡，而一再錯過瞭炸死希特勒的三次機會。均因為希特勒的左膀右臂戈林和希姆萊不在場，而未下決心動手。直到 7 月 20 日施陶芬伯格的再次暗殺行動最終隻造成希特勒輕傷後而徹底失敗。 “Valkyrie” 刺殺行動也徹底敗露，希特勒隨即命令蓋世太保對年輕軍官們以及一切他懷疑參與的高級軍官展開瞭一場凶殘的屠殺 ……

When on July 20, 1944 a bomb - boldly placed inside the Wolf's Lair (Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia) by the German Anti-Nazi Resistance - exploded without killing the Fuhrer, the subsequent coup d'etat against the Third Reich collapsed. The conspirators were summarily shot or condemned in show trials and sadistically hanged. Unfortunately, the image (initiated by Hitler himself) of a small, inept faction of disgruntled generals desperate to delay defeat has prevailed in the public's mind. The reality of the conspiracy, which involved a wide circle of former politicians, diplomats, and government officials as well as senior military men, is far more dramatic. The Resistance, largely motivated by moral outrage than by political expediency, had started as early as 1933 and involved several putsches and assassination attempts.One of the most active plotters, and later a prosecution witness at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Hans B. Gisevius (1904-1974) used his positions in the Gestapo and the Abwehr (military intelligence) to further the anti-Nazi conspiracy. He knew well or met the major figures - including Beck, Canaris, Oster, Goerdeler, and von Stauffenberg - and barely escaped after the coup's failure. One of the few survivors of the German Anti-Nazi Resistance, Gisevius traces its history, from the 1933 Reichstag fire to Germany's defeat in 1945, in a book as riveting as it is exceptional.