"KUPCAKE KID NORTHY" "(SOLDIERS SHOUTING IN GERMAN)" "(STAUFFENBERG READING IN GERMAN)" "(STAUFFENBERG CONTINUES IN ENGLISH) ...the mass execution of Jews. but to save human lives." "I cannot find one general in a position to confront Hitler with the courage to do it." "sir." "The General will be here in four hours." "Thank you." "I'll need to see him when he arrives." "STAUFFENBERG:" "I find myself surrounded by men unwilling or unable to face the truth." "Hitler is not only the archenemy of the entire world but the archenemy of Germany." "A change must be made." "my orders are to advance to Sidi Mansour and hold it." "That's what we'll do." "Patton is closing in on the coast." "we should have left two days ago." "Colonel." "We keep fighting until the final victory. and you're going to need these men a year from now to defend Berlin." "not both." "Colonel." "What I said was much worse." "General." "I'm just trying to get these men out of here alive." "What would you have me do?" "Tell Command we're low on water." "join the 21st Panzer." "At least then we'd have a chance." "And the records will show that we didn't have enough water to reach Sidi Mansour?" "I can guarantee it." "See that it's done." "General." "(MAN SHOUTING)" "(ANTl-AIRCRAFT GUN CONTINUES FIRING)" "(MUFFLED SHOUTING)" "(ENGINE SPUTTERING)" "(SPEAKING GERMAN)" "OFFICER:" "Up!" "Down!" "(WHISPERING) Hitler's leaving." "Now?" "Ja." "Fuse." "(PLANE ENGINE STARTING)" "Colonel Brandt!" "Colonel Brandt!" "My regards to Colonel Stieff." "Cointreau?" "Let's hope I don't get thirsty on the flight." "(PHONE RINGS)" "This is Tresckow." "He's landed." "This is General Tresckow." "Colonel Brandt." "Colonel!" "Tresckow. but it seems you have the wrong bottles for Colonel Stieff." "You do still have the package?" "no." "I've been called to Berlin unexpectedly." "I can be at your office first thing tomorrow morning to pick it up." "Colonel." "thank you." "Do you think he knows?" "there's only one way to find out." "(SOLDIERS CHATTERING)" "(WHISPERING) We've been discovered." "What makes you think that?" "Oster's been arrested." "The Gestapo came for him last night." "The Gestapo could have arrested him for anything." "What do you think went wrong?" "We don't know." "Fuse." "Temperature." "Altitude." "All I know is the damn thing didn't go off." "General Tresckow to see Colonel Brandt." "sir." "OLBRICHT:" "At ease." "General." "This little roundup has had me writing reports all day." "Roundup?" "Dissenters." "Another plot against the Furer." "(SCOFFS) Who are these people?" "(CHUCKLES)" "You'd be surprised." "is this what you've come for?" "Perhaps we should open it." "(SOFTLY) I beg your pardon?" "you've come a long way." "You must be thirsty. would feel about a soldier who did so on duty." "(SIGHS)" "Colonel Brandt." "General." "And I you." "We're still in business." "Find a replacement for Oster." "not in Berlin." "then stop looking in Berlin." "DOCTOR:" "Countess von Stauffenberg?" "we could have a word together in my office." "I will see my husband now." "The right hand has been amputated above the wrist." "He's missing the fourth and fifth fingers on the left hand." "We couldn't save the left eye." "(SHALLOW GASP)" "(GRUNTS)" "(CLATTERING)" "SOLDIER:" "Colonel." "sir." "STAUFFENBERG:" "I'm a soldier." "I serve my country." "But this is not my country." "I leave nothing to my children but shame." "I know now there's only one way to serve Germany." "I'll be a traitor." "I accept that." "can these men see it through?" "recruit new men." "That's why we want you." "You understand what will happen to my wife and children if these men can't see it through?" "Come and hear what they have to say." "You know where to find us." "(MEN ARGUING)" "CARL:" "Enough!" "Enough." "I'm not going to listen to another word of this." "you failed." "Your so-called "central solution" didn't work." "Our only option now is to confront Hitler openly." "OLBRICHT:" "This is a military operation... and one that's given its military arm too much control. you have to expect a certain measure of deviation." "utter failure?" "I think it's time we face the fact sooner or later." "I say we sit back and let them wipe out the Nazis." "CARL:" "And ask every living soul in Europe to pay the price?" "Use your head." "Ludwig." "I've held my tongue too long." "We must confront Hitler now." "Force him out!" "And then what?" "I beg your pardon?" "then what?" "who is this man?" "Colonel Stauffenberg is Oster's replacement." "He's been transferred to my office at the War Ministry." "BECK:" "How's your uncle?" "sir." "He sends his regards." "He speaks very highly of you." "General." "one of the things that made Oster such a great organizer was that he kept his opinions to himself." "(ALL CHUCKLING)" "I'm simply asking what you intend to do when Hitler is gone." "You don't really believe you could just walk into the Reich Chancellery and command the army to end the war?" "Yes." "We do." "You are in the presence of men who would have been Hitler's inner circle." "Colonel." "The people know we put our principles above personal gain." "We have the respect of the people." "And the army." "Then you don't need me." "Gentlemen." "(WHISPERING) Those men are confusing respect with popularity." "an oath that won't just die with Hitler." "What are you going to do?" "How are you going to deal with Goebbels?" "Himmler?" "The SS?" "They will wipe you out!" "It doesn't matter!" "before we lose the war." "this will always be Hitler's Germany." "And we have to show the world that not all of us were like him." "That is not enough for me." "There has to be a chance of success." "Then find a way." "BERTHOLD:" "Poppy!" "FRANZ:" "Poppy!" "Poppy's home!" "Poppy's home!" "Poppy's here!" "Poppy's here!" "he's here!" "come down!" "Poppy's here!" "I thought we agreed I'd come see you in Bamberg." "The children couldn't wait." "The children?" "(THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING)" "FRANZ:" "Super!" "(CHILDREN GRUNTING)" "(AIR RAID SIREN BLARING)" "(EXPLOSION)" "(DEBRIS CLATTERING)" "(MUSIC STARTS AGAIN)" "STAUFFENBERG:" "Valkyrie." "We've already considered Valkyrie." "It isn't suitable." "but the Colonel has an idea" "I think we should consider." "Excuse me." "What is Valkyrie?" "BECK:" "Operation Valkyrie." "The Reserve Army has thousands of men all over Berlin." "Valkyrie is Hitler's contingency plan to mobilize those men during a national emergency." "The sole purpose of the order is to protect Hitler's government if he's cut off or killed." "And what use is this to us?" "Valkyrie is designed to contain civil unrest." "But what if the SS were staging a coup?" "State Security is trying to overthrow Hitler." "How would High Command respond?" "We would have no choice." "We would declare a military state of emergency." "and initiate Valkyrie. will have no choice but to seize power in Berlin to prevent the SS takeover." "not against it." "HENNING:" "While we quietly put a new government in place." "But only if he's dead." "isn't it?" "How else are you going to convince people the SS are trying to seize power?" "We have to kill Hitler." "Colonel." "I thought a man of your background would suggest a more honorable approach." "Colonel." "Valkyrie would have to be rewritten to exclude the SS." "Then I'll need your help to get a copy." "Rewriting an order is one thing." "Distributing it is another. we'd be willfully circulating written evidence of high treason." "Evidence requiring Hitler's signature." "we can all draw straws for that job." "And what about Fromm?" "Fromm?" "Who is Fromm?" "He's the commander of the Reserve Army. but only Fromm can initiate Valkyrie." "Can you get to him?" "We're running out of time." "Can you get to Fromm?" "He's a careerist pig." "But one who's gone as far as he can go in Hitler's army." "It's no secret he's not happy about it." "Offer him a key position in the new regime." "Make him see the light." "OLBRICHT:" "Your office is through there." "(KEITEL SHOUTING)" "OLBRICHT:" "I have Colonel Stauffenberg for General Fromm." "sir." "Welcome back to the War Ministry." "sir." "Fromm!" "I'd send you to the front if I didn't think you'd surrender just to be Montgomery's whore!" "The General will see you now." "What is it you want?" "Colonel Stauffenberg." "Ah!" "From Africa." "but I might not get it back." "I'd say the General has lost more important things this morning." "It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office." "Colonel." "if you must." "(INHALES DEEPLY) not that you don't seem to have good reason." "General." "In the field?" "In Berlin." "to..." "To make decisions." "I've already made my decision." "I'm here to help others make theirs. the best thing is to do nothing." "We're at war." "We must act." "Sometimes rashly." "Colonel?" "sir." "A supreme commander." "Second only to the Chancellor. this war would be going quite differently." "we were thinking the same thing." "I don't need to remind you that we've all sworn an oath" "to the Furer. in the strict understanding that such talk never occurs again under this roof." "sir. that I always come down on the right side." "you know what side that is." "Heil Hitler." "Heil Hitler." "Heil Hitler." "(SINGING IN GERMAN)" "Of course!" "Yes!" "Very good guess!" "You realize how close I am to Hitler." "With one word I can make you disappear. if that's what you're afraid of. they will pull you apart like warm bread." "It will be a crime just to have known you then." "don't try to contact me again." "You won't report me. you might have been keeping your oath." "Now you're just as guilty as the rest of us." "hey?" "Give a man a choice of betraying his fellow officer or his Furer and you think his actions will show you his heart." "it is." "don't push me to make a decision." "I don't have a choice." "It's clear now." "there is no hope of success." "You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship!" "What makes you think you'll be any different?" "the Reich?" "The very momentum of history!" "This is going to happen." "as are the consequences." "I'll do everything I can but don't delude yourself." "You were involved in a crime against your country long before you met me." "There may still be time to redeem yourself." "Only God can judge us now." "STAUFFENBERG:" "Hitler had Operation Valkyrie designed to completely secure his government in six hours." "I'm rewriting the order so we can seize control of the government in three." "the order spreads reserve troops Vienna and Prague." "This is a waste of resources. you take Germany." "I'm rewriting Valkyrie to direct the majority of our strongest units to focus entirely on Berlin. occupy all SS and police barracks. we'll shut down all concentration camps." "Any officers who resist will be arrested or shot." "I've been transferred to the front." "it doesn't matter." "You know these orders better than anyone." "That's why I'm putting you in charge of the military wing of the operation." "Beck agrees." "Why not Olbricht?" "No." "It's your plan." "It's you." "One more thing." "You need to be absolutely certain no conflicting orders get out after the flash." "It is not enough to kill Hitler." "We need to isolate his chain of command and cut them off from the outside world immediately." "I've already considered that." "I think I have just the man who can help." "Who is he?" "Perhaps it's better I don't say." "God promised Abraham he would not destroy Sodom if he could find just 10 righteous men." "it may come down to one." "Let's begin. is dead." "General." "please?" "Thank you." "You play the part of bureaucrat beautifully." "It's the only time I get to relax." "You've been promoted Chief of Staff for the Reserve Army." "Excuse me?" "Congratulations. your nocturnal activities don't count as service to the Reich." "I'll refuse the promotion." "You'll do no such thing. but in this world I still outrank you." "You will accept the promotion. his schedule." "We need this." "I've looked through your changes to Valkyrie." "I approve." "I'll need you to get Hitler to sign it." "Now." "There's a man here to interview as your adjutant." "He comes highly recommended." "Close the door." "Be seated." "Lieutenant? and the man will be hung." "I'm engaged in high treason with all means available to me." "Can I count you in?" "sir." "Anything at all." "(DOOR OPENING) come." "Operations." "I'd like to review your presentation to the Furer." "Strictly routine." "the contents of the Colonel's bag are for the Furer's eyes only." "Lieutenant." "The Colonel is a member of my staff at the War Ministry." "He doesn't answer to you." "They're waiting." "This way." "(MEN CHATTERING SOFTLY)" "(CHUCKLING) our new chief of staff for the Reserve Army." "my Furer." "May I say what an honor it is to meet an officer who has sacrificed so much for Germany." "If only more of my men were like you." "Let this man stand as an example to all of you." "He is the ideal German officer." "My Furer." "Colonel Stauffenberg was asked to come here today to brief us on mobilizing troops of the Reserve Army to..." "To repel the invasion." "HITLER:" "Invasion?" "my Furer." "yes." "Normandy." "That will not be necessary." "Reichsmarschall Going assures me that everything is completely under control." "Colonel." "if I may." "I have an amended copy of Operation Valkyrie for your approval." "Colonel? sparing the most heroic" "from an agonizing death." "One cannot understand National Socialism if one does not understand Wagner." "I'm sure whatever changes you've made are for the best." "Fromm?" "will you?" "(MEN CHUCKLING) and I don't want to know." "I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair." "(DOOR OPENS)" "Any problem on Earth can be solved with the careful application of high explosives." "The trick is not to be around when they go off." "Two 975-gram packs of Plastit W." "Enough explosive to cripple a panzer." "your fuses." "British time pencils. and you're live. you'll want to be very far away." "For you." "How much time will we have? tops." "That's hardly precise." "not both." "Might this just be a little too small?" "No." "Hitler's bunker will magnify the blast." "no windows." "The air pressure generated by just one of these explosives in a space like that will kill everyone instantly." "The second charge will be entirely redundant." "what then?" "We still initiate Valkyrie." "there will be no turning back." "But we'll have an advantage." "We have an inside man at the Wolf's Lair." "he'll cut off communication with the outside world. we'll have the momentum we need to seize control in Berlin." "Himmler is expected to be at the meeting as well." "Don't proceed unless you can get them both." "What?" "Don't proceed unless you're confident you can get both Himmler and Hitler." "isn't it? but I want another man on the committee." "Not a politician." "Who?" "Him." "OLBRICHT:" "Him?" "STAUFFENBERG:" "Him." "Fine." "this is a military operation." "Nothing ever goes according to plan." "I'll take the children to Bamberg. they'll come for you." "All of you." "I know." "BECK:" "Gentlemen." "Good morning." "Hitler has scheduled a military briefing for today at 1:00." "Stauffenberg will start once everyone is present." "Stauffenberg will call for authorization to proceed." "his inside man will sever all communications." "Olbricht would take command of the Reserve Army and initiate Valkyrie." "Initiate Valkyrie." "Then he'll notify all district commanders that the SS is attempting to seize power." "Gestapo and Nazi officials." "Stauffenberg will have returned to Berlin and taken command of the Reserve Army." "Witzleben and I will assume the roles of commander of the armed forces and head of state." "Dr. Goerdeler will address the nation as our new chancellor. we can negotiate a truce with the Allies and save Europe from total destruction." "This will identify you as a member of the operation." "Nobody gets in or out of the perimeter without one." "this is the most important day of your lives." "Long live sacred Germany." "Captain." "What is it?" "An order from General Olbricht's office." "It's calling the Reserve Army for some sort of standby action including Berlin." "Sergeant." "Sir?" "Standby action"?" "What the hell for?" "The order doesn't say." "Assemble the men." "This better not be a drill." "(MAN SHOUTING ORDERS)" "(SIRENS WAILING)" "The men are assembled and awaiting further orders." "What do you suppose this is really all about?" "(GUARD SPEAKING GERMAN)" "Your man?" "He is now." "(MEN CHATTERING SOFTLY)" "(SOFTLY) Colonel." "(DOOR OPENS)" "SOLDIER:" "Attention! General Fromm will present his plans for the reallocation of troops from the Reserve Army on the eastern front." "last night the Russians launched a new offensive against Army Group North Ukraine in the South Poland section." "General Harpe was brought in to replace Model and bring a swift end to this confrontation." "(WHISPERING) Himmler is not here." "Hence the transfer of three divisions to fortify General Harpe's troops." "these divisions will stick to a mobile defense plan rather than holding any one particular... sir." "I'll put that right through." "Connecting now." "OPERATOR 2:" "Operator." "Direct me to the War Ministry." "please." "sir." "Connecting now." "(PHONE RINGS)" "General Olbricht's office." "Himmler's not in the briefing." "I'm ready to arm." "Permission to proceed." "Hold the line." "Stauffenberg says Himmler's not at the briefing." "He wants to proceed." "Call Beck." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Beck." "QUIRNHEIM:" "Himmler is not at the briefing." "Himmler's not at the briefing." "FROMM:" "Already diminished reserves." "BECK:" "No." "They say no." "What do you say?" "(WHISPERING) I say do it." "SOLDIER:" "Attention!" "I hope it was important." "Colonel?" "Your bag." "This has been a drill!" "You're dismissed!" "(OFFICER SHOUTING ORDERS)" "How dare you put the Reserve Army on standby without my knowledge?" "Damn near cost me my commission." "And what in God's name made you think you even had the authority?" "an exercise." "Olbricht!" "Not to me." "We both know it wasn't a drill." "if I may..." "Colonel." "You may not do anything. you've painted a target on my back." "I will personally have you both arrested." "Do I make myself abundantly clear?" "sir." "Heil Hitler." "Heil Hitler." "Colonel." "(CLICKS HEELS FORMALLY)" "(SHOUTS) Heil Hitler!" "The point of replacing Hitler is to negotiate a truce with the Allies." "would be more amenable to a truce if we offer it to them before they get to fucking Berlin!" "too." "Why remove a madman just to have a lunatic take his place?" "and you know it." "nothing more." "What are you suggesting?" "I'm not suggesting anything." "I'm stating the facts as I see them. so you are making the task impossible." "Nothing seemed to stop you and your henchman from trying it on your own." "My only regret is that I waited for you to find your backbone." "I don't think I'm alone when I say your judgment is in question." "I'd like to call a vote." "Carl." "I propose that we relieve Colonel Stauffenberg." "can I have a word with you in private?" "say it." "Very well." "I heard from the Chief of Police this evening that Himmler has issued a warrant for your arrest." "You have to leave Germany tonight. you'll return as chancellor." "Carl." "Avoid contact with anyone." "Colonel." "No more indecision." "Stauffenberg has full discretion." "I can't issue the alert again unless we follow through." "I'll do my job." "You just take Berlin." "sir." "I'll try to connect you right now." "Thank you." "NINA:" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "(STATIC CRACKLING)" "Hello?" "sir." "There is bombing in Ebingen." "We've been disconnected." "Ebingen is a long way from Bamberg." "I'm sure your family is safe." "Thank you." "Colonel." "Major?" "Please follow me." "At least put the Reserve Army on standby alert." "Not until I've heard from Stauffenberg." "Not until I'm sure." "Colonel." "Thank you." "The meeting has been moved up to 12:30." "Mussolini is arriving on the afternoon train." "sir." "sir?" "I only wish he were." "Then some ambitious officer might take the opportunity to shoot that dago bastard." "General." "I'm expecting an important call." "Could you please have someone come and get me?" "Even if I'm with the Furer." "sir." "Colonel." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Major Freyend speaking." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Colonel?" "They insist you hurry." "The briefing's about to begin." "Major. six to get out." "Plenty of time." "(LATCH CLICKS LOUDLY)" "Colonel." "Sir!" "The Furer's at the briefing!" "Major." "You understand this can be difficult." "Of course." "(WHISPERING) Plenty of time." "sir..." "I have everything I need." "Get the car." "I can manage this." "Where are they going?" "It's too hot." "The briefing has been moved to the conference hut." "my injuries have left me hard of hearing." "Would you place me as close to the Furer as possible?" "I'll see what I can do." "HEUSINGER:" "...against the Red Army. but they're coming down on the northern and the southern fronts as well. the situation in the East Prussian sector is critical. and reserves are severely depleted." "you remember Colonel Stauffenberg? the 14th Division has been pushed out of Livorno." "Army Group Center has already lost 28 of their 40 divisions." "000 men. our troops have already been pushed back to the Polish border." "(RINGING)" "Conference hut. sir. as well as the Romanian and prevent further losses." "Unless we can quickly dispatch new blocking divisions Army Group will be swallowed... (WHISPERING) Colonel." "There's a telephone call for you." "...by the enemy in less than a fortnight." "And we run the risk of losing all the ground we have managed to gain in the last three years." "Our spearhead... sir." "He says it's urgent." "this is Stauffenberg." "...Russian air activity has proven just as impregnable as their ground force." "(SHOUTING) Why?" "HEUSINGER:" "My Furer..." "In some areas they outnumber us seven to one." "If we can afford to give ground" "I further... even at the expense..." "In order to rebuild at this already southwest of Doaburg and closing on Army Group at Lake Peipus." "it will be a catastrophe." "(MEN SHOUTING)" "(SIREN WAILING)" "Get in." "Drive." "I have orders from the Furer." "Drive." "Drive!" "Drive!" "FELLGIEBEL:" "As you were." "(MEN SHOUTING)" "Get me the War Ministry." "General Olbricht." "Olbricht!" "The call is urgent!" "(RINGING)" "General Olbricht's office." "FELLGIEBEL:" "I'm calling from the Wolf's Lair with an urgent message for General Olbricht." "Something terrible has happened." "The Furer is..." "Fellgiebel?" "Sever all communications." "Sir?" "Just do it!" "what did he say?" "(STUTTERS) I couldn't be sure." "get him back on the line." "the bomb did go off." "That much was clear." "Fellgiebel's next step will be to sever all communications." "Colonel." "No one gets in or out." "We have an order from the Furer." "We have to get to the airfield immediately." "Open the gate." "but my orders are to keep the gate..." "Sergeant." "Sir!" "Sir." "Excuse me." "Colonel Stauffenberg for Field Marshal Keitel." "Colonel Stauffenberg was explicit." "We initiate Valkyrie regardless." "Only Fromm can initiate." "You know that." "Then tell him Hitler's dead." "Or arrest him." "But do it now." "you have to give the order to initiate Valkyrie." "This is our only..." "I'm not doing anything until I hear from Fellgiebel." "Get him back on the phone now." "Every second we stand here arguing is a second lost." "The risk is too great." "What about Stauffenberg?" "What about his risk?" "and now you're abandoning him." "sir." "Stauffenberg here." "A Sergeant... sir." "What?" "Kolbe." "...Kolbe won't let me pass the main gate." "I explained that." "sir." "sir." "Thank you." "Open the gate!" "At least put the Reserve Army on alert. then we'll proceed." "And where are you going?" "The same place as you are." "Lunch." "Another standby alert." "Send it through." "But keep me informed." "Sir." "Another standby order." "you would have been killed for this." "Lucky for you we've evolved." "Assemble the men." "(SIRENS WAILING)" "(MEN SHOUTING)" "isn't it?" "I'll see where our driver is." "This is von Haeften." "The Colonel and I are at the airfield." "There's no car." "There's no one here." "You mean to tell me the alert's only just gone out?" "This is Stauffenberg." "Get me General Olbricht." "What's this?" "Explain this!" "Someone had to do something while you were playing dead!" "We don't know that Hitler is not alive." "not you!" "(PHONE RINGING)" "General Olbricht's office." "sir." "Olbricht." "What the hell have you been doing?" "We've had no confirmation that Hitler was dead." "Damn it!" "I saw the explosion myself!" "We are committed." "where is Fromm?" "Is he with us?" "Is he with us?" "No one has spoken to him yet." "(SIGHS)" "You listen to me." "Never mind Germany." "Never mind Europe." "Your life is at stake now." "you'll do exactly as I say. initiate Valkyrie in Fromm's name." "or place him under immediate arrest." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "I'll be in Fromm's office in 15 minutes." "Be there when I arrive." "Call Beck and the others." "Tell them it's time." "Put me through to Communications. commander of the Reserve Army." "is dead." "A group of radicals in the SS are attempting to seize control of the government." "Initiate Operation Valkyrie." "You have your orders." "Pass them along." "Battalion." "Attention!" "The Furer... is dead." "Who told you the Furer was dead?" "General Fellgiebel." "At the Wolf's Lair." "There's no use calling." "All communication lines are down." "Yes." "Get me the Wolf's Lair." "sir." "MAN:" "Wolf's Lair." "May I connect you?" "Yes." "General Fromm for Field Marshal Keitel." "Urgent. but I wonder if you could tell me what's happening." "The most incredible rumors are circulating in Berlin." "I don't know what you mean." "There's talk that the Furer has been assassinated." "Another failed attempt." "The Furer was never in danger." "where's your man Stauffenberg?" "I would think." "Let me know when he arrives." "I'd like a word with him." "The Furer's fine." "That is a lie." "Adolf Hitler's dead." "Operation Valkyrie is in effect." "Only I can initiate Valkyrie." "You did." "This is treason." "the Reserve Army's assuming control of Berlin." "Are you with us or not?" "Do you realize what you've done?" "The Furer is alive." "I delivered the bomb myself." "I saw the blast." "He is dead." "Are you with us?" "(STAMMERS) I don't believe this is happening." "This is some kind of a joke." "Are you with us or not? you should shoot yourself immediately." "The rest of you are under arrest." "General." "You are." "I don't know where you think this is going." "Get me Operations." "This is Colonel Stauffenberg." "Seal off the War Ministry per Operation Valkyrie." "No one gets in or out without authorization from General Olbricht's office." "General Beck." "sir." "This should be seen as a movement of the people." "(DOOR OPENS)" "Colonel Stauffenberg?" "Yes." "The chief has guaranteed the full support of the Berlin Police." "You will have no interference from my men." "You have my word." "Thank you." "sir." "We are reporting for duty." "Thank you for coming." "in three hours I want confirmation that the government quarter is ours and SS Command has been cleared of every living soul." "You all know what must be done." "I want to know that Hitler's Germany has seen its last sunrise." "(HORN HONKING)" "sir." "All replacements have been authorized." "Field Marshal Witzleben has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces." "That's exactly why he's been appointed. he'd be locked up as a suspect." "but this is an emergency." "please." "Major." "Tell your men that acts of vengeance will not be tolerated." "STAUFFENBERG:" "Why hasn't anyone occupied the Tegel broadcasting station?" "please?" "BECK:" "We represent a different form of government." "STAUFFENBERG:" "I'd be careful who you said that to." "Loyalty to the Party isn't what it used to be." "Paris." "France." "Not since they murdered the F黨rer." "Josef." "Thank you." "You've made the right decision." "District 13 is ours. you are under arrest for crimes against the state." "This is Stauffenberg." "I'm trying to connect with Major-General Thadden." "I've already spoken to 413 Battalion." "You'll have no trouble getting reinforcements." "The order explaining everything will be in your hand shortly." "these are your orders." "Excellent." "My wife is in Bamberg with my children." "Would you please try to raise them on the phone?" "sir." "Thank you." "General Schwedler has issued the Valkyrie orders and has sealed off headquarters." "Good." "Check on the radio stations every 20 minutes till we have confirmation they're ours. you can't believe everything you hear." "That is SS propaganda." "He's dead." "Only the commander of the Home Army is authorized to give orders." "General?" "Sir." "Christian?" "Our men in the transport offices but there are repeater stations... emergency broadcast outposts." "We need more men." "Thank you." "Give my best to your family." "He's with us." "STAUFFENBERG:" "Mertz?" "Call Potsdam." "Tell them to place all available units under our control." "You have your men." "Now get control of the radio." "We have control of the government quarter." "We don't have Berlin yet." "(OFFICER SHOUTING ORDERS)" "sir." "One from Colonel Stauffenberg in the War Ministry to arrest Reich Minister Goebbels. to arrest Colonel Stauffenberg." "Send them both through. regardless." "Sergeant." "(MEN CLAMORING)" "This is treason!" "You're all going to pay for this!" "Do you hear me?" "sir." "For Stauffenberg and Goebbels." "Do we arrest them both?" "I would hate to find out I'm being taken advantage of." "You really think it's a coup?" "Of that I am certain." "What I can't say is which side we're on." "Come with me." "Dresden and Leipzig." "Wiesbaden." "District 9... and I rely on you seeing that this gets done." "I've just spoken to Colonel Linstow." "200 SS and Gestapo officials in Paris." "Not a single shot fired." "Early reports from Vienna are good." "I'm waiting on word from Prague." "Incredible." "I'm ready to be connected." "Minister Goebbels?" "Major?" "My battalion has an order to blockade the government quarter and place you under arrest." "Major?" "sir." "Major Remer here." "Hello?" "HITLER:" "Do you recognize my voice?" "my Furer." "Then listen to me very carefully." "I want these traitors taken alive." "my Furer." "You heard what he said." "The Furer wants the traitors taken alive." "sir." "all right." "We can't afford to remain neutral any longer." "You have to make a decision." "we better wind up on the right side." "Very well." "Send through all communications from the Wolf's Lair." "Stop all communications from Stauffenberg." "REMER:" "Release these men!" "But they're part of the coup." "I've just been on the phone with Hitler himself." "you idiot." "We've been duped." "We've lost contact with District 11." "The switchboard is overloaded." "Give it 10 minutes and try again." "District 11." "We still need..." "I don't want to leave any section..." "Keep trying." "Out of my way." "Where is General Fromm?" "General Fromm is no longer in command." "I am." "Beck?" "What are you doing here?" "What is going on?" "The Furer is dead." "The SS are staging a coup." "We've initiated Operation Valkyrie to crush the uprising and save Hitler's Germany." "You will present the order to your troops." "I will do no such thing until I speak to General Fromm." "or you are under arrest." "This is treason." "I will take no part." "The Furer is not dead." "The Furer is not dead!" "Stop him!" "The Furer is not dead!" "The Furer is not dead!" "I have sworn an oath!" "This is treason!" "You all swore an oath!" "Listen to what I have to say." "You are all making a terrible mistake!" "The Furer is not dead!" "Please try my wife again." "please." "Take your hands off me!" "HAEFTEN:" "Sir." "MAN ON RADIO:" "Over 215 enemy tanks have been annihilated in the past week alone." "engaged in low-flying offensives on enemy concentrations..." "STAUFFENBERG:" "Lieutenant." "I can't get through to General Gerlach." "Send a runner down to his office." "Bring him here." "thank you." "this is Stauffenberg." "I was speaking to the General about five minutes ago." "He told me he'd return my call." "I've yet to hear from him." "I trust everything in your district is under control?" "I need your answer." "There's no more time for indecision." "And the General knows I'm waiting?" "I'm ordering you to put him on the phone immediately." "Hans." "STAUFFENBERG:" "Hello?" "BECK:" "One who's broken his own oath..." "Hello?" "...to the people a hundred times over." "listen to me..." "This operation has been terminated!" "Stand down!" "an attempt was made on the Furer's life." "The Furer himself suffered no major injuries beyond light burns and bruises." "He resumed his work immediately." "Colonel Brandt and staff assistant Berger." "Lighter injuries were sustained by General Jodl" "Heusinger..." "Send the following orders to all Reserve Army commanders." "Broadcast incorrect." "Furer is dead." "Operation Valkyrie still in effect." "received Mussolini for an afternoon briefing. whom the almighty God has so visibly blessed today." "I saw the blast." "MAN ON RADIO:" "Today an attempt was made on the Furer's life." "The Furer himself suffered no major injuries beyond light burns and bruises." "I'm sorry." "He resumed his work immediately." "Colonel Brandt and staff assistant Berger." "Lighter injuries were sustained by General Jodl" "Heusinger... (CLICKING PHONE) the Furer was joined by Reichsmarschall Going received Mussolini for an afternoon briefing." "Stay tuned for the Furer's address to the German people." "My family?" "Our lines have been cut." "I'm sorry." "Go." "It's all right." "Go." "General." "Sir." "We have to get you out of here." "(VEHICLES APPROACHING)" "(ALL CLAMORING)" "Get him out of here." "Stop!" "STAUFFENBERG:" "Stand down!" "I said stop!" "I said stand down!" "(GRUNTING)" "Hold your fire!" "Colonel Stauffenberg?" "you're under arrest." "I will hear them now." "Very well." "A court-martial convened by me in the Furer's absence will pronounce sentence." "you're under arrest. are condemned to death." "General." "My orders are to take these men alive." "Major." "please." "For personal reasons." "Get on with it." "Major." "Killing us won't hide your involvement." "FROMM:" "My involvement?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "You knew and did nothing." "You're as guilty as any of us." "Lieutenant." "No one will be spared." "I'm thinking of earlier times." "(GUNSHOT)" "This is an outrage that has never before been perpetrated here!" "A field marshal and a general declare that they could do things better than he who is the Furer of us all!" "You confess to having said this?" "Yes." "HITLER:" "My fellow Germans." "I speak to you tonight for two reasons." "so that you can hear my voice and know that I am unhurt." "so that you may know the details of a crime without parallel in German history." "dishonorable officers have conspired to eliminate me." "I was completely untouched. directing me to complete my work." "Look them in the eye." "They'll remember you." "SOLDIER:" "Olbricht!" "Make ready." "(RIFLES COCKING)" "we have to show the world that not all of us were like him." "(GUNSHOTS)" "SOLDIER:" "Safe!" "Stand!" "(GRUNTS)" "Fire!" "Stand!" "SOLDIER:" "Stauffenberg!" "CARL:" "The people know we put our principles above personal gain." "SOLDIER:" "Make ready!" "Aim!" "(GUNSHOT)" "Safe!" "Stand! the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets." "JUDGE:" "Take him away." "Make ready." "Aim." "Long live sacred Germany!" "Fire!" "(GUNSHOTS)" "Stand."