Valkyrie (2008)
Tom Cruise: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Long live sacred Germany!
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Look them in the eye. They'll remember you.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : [translation of letter he is writing] The Fuhrer's promises of peace and prosperity have fallen by the wayside leaving in their wake a path of destruction. The outrages committed by Hitler's SS are a stain on the honor of the German Army. There is widespread disgust in the officer corps toward the crimes committed by the Nazis, the murder of civilians, the torture and starvation of prisoners, the mass execution of Jews. My duty as an officer is no longer to save my country, but to save human lives. I cannot find one general in a position to confront Hitler with the courage to do it.
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[from trailer]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Only God can judge us now.
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Werner von Haeften : You're as guilty as any of us.
General Friedrich Fromm : [scoffing] Spare me, Lieutenant.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : No one will be spared.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor - I accept that. Just tell me, can these men see it through?
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : You can serve Germany, or the Fuhrer. Not both!
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[from trailer]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : I am involved in high treason with all means available to me. Can I count you in?
Werner von Haeften : For anything, sir. Anything at all.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : "Anything" is a *very* dangerous word, Lieutenant.
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[from trailer]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : If I fail, they'll come for you. They'll come for all of you.
Nina Von Stauffenberg : I know.
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Erich Fellgiebel : And you think that makes me a sympathizer, hey? Give a man a choice of betraying his fellow officer or his Fuhrer and you think his actions will show you his heart.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : It's not that simple.
Erich Fellgiebel : Yes. Yes it is. For the last time, don't push me to make a decision.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : I don't have a choice, it's clear now. Without you there is no hope of success.
Erich Fellgiebel : You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship! What makes you think you'll be any different? What makes you think you're stronger than the people, the Reich? The very momentum of history?
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[from trailer]
Henning von Tresckow : You scared me half to death.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : You'll be closer than that before we're finished.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : [after being informed Hitler is meeting Benito Mussolini for lunch] Will Mussolini be at the briefing?
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel : We should be so lucky. Then some ambitious young officer might do us a favor and shoot the Dago bastard!
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Hitler is dead. Operation Valkyrie is in effect.
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General Friedrich Fromm : What is it you want?
General Friedrich Olbricht : I wanted to introduce our new man, Colonel Stauffenberg.
General Friedrich Fromm : Ah! From Africa. Well, I'd offer you my hand, but I might not get it back.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : I'd say the General's lost more important things this morning.
[pause]
General Friedrich Fromm : [laughs] It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office.
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General Friedrich Fromm : I'll hear you say it Colonel!
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : [angrily turns and raises false arm] Heil Hitler!
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Gentlemen, 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. By nightfall I want to know that Hitler's Germany has seen its last sunrise.
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[from trailer]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : We have to kill Hitler.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : I'm a soldier, but in serving my country, I have betrayed my conscience.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : There has to be a chance of success.
General Friedrich Olbricht : That's why you're here.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : Get the car.
Werner von Haeften : [dissapointed on not accompanying him] But sir...
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : [curtly] I have everything I need. Get the car.
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Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : [when all are wondering who shall go to get Hitler's signiture on the Valkyrie papers] Well, we can all draw straws for that job.
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Werner von Haeften : We've lost contact with District 11.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg : The switchboard is overloaded. Give it ten minutes and try again.