The Plot to kill Hitler /
directed by Lawrence Schiller.
- Warner Home Video, 2001.
- 2 vcd
In the waning days of Nazi Germany, a daring plot is hatched. A group of senior army officers, led by suave aristocrat Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, risks all to to suave what's left of their war-ravaged nation. Their goal: to kill the Fuhrer during a strategy meeting at his Wolfsschanze (Wolf Lair). Brad Davis (Midnight Express, Chariots of fire) plays would-be assassin von Stauffenberg in The Plot to Kill Hitler, the tension-packed true story of the July 20, 1944 event that might have changed World War II's bloody out come. This David L. Wolper (Roots, The Thorn Birds) production glisten with period authentically and crackles with suspense under the precise directorial hand of Lawrence Schiller (The Executioners's Song). History records the outcomes of The Pilot to Kill Hitler. This gripping movie tells the powerful story of sacrifice and heroism behind it.