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Aristus

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1. Excellent film. Hews pretty close to the actual history.

Reply to Baron2024 (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:30 AM

Feb 22

Tom Cruise gets what Tom Cruise wants. But I would have cast someone else as Claus von Stauffenberg. Clive Owen, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, anyone but Tom Cruise, who is too much Santa Monica life coach to be believable as a Wehrmacht officer.

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Valkyrie [View all] Baron2024 Feb 22 OP

Excellent film. Hews pretty close to the actual history. Aristus Feb 22 #1

Good Point Baron2024 Feb 22 #2