Valkyrie

Tom Cruise looks just like the guy. Especially with the eye patch and missing a hand. Valkyrie was the name of a plan to retain a provisional Nazi government in Germany in the event of the death of Hitler. Cruise playing Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg uses Valkyrie to stage a coup. Conspiring with top generals and politicians Stauffenberg himself takes on the task of placing the bomb that will eliminate the Fuehrer.
As directed by Bryan Singer Valkyrie is a taunt narrative with prominent attention to detail. Many locations in Germany, including the Benderblock the place where Stauffenberg was executed for his part in the assassination plot, provide a wonderful sense of history. Other locales such as Hitler's Berghof retreat, a home in the Barvarian Alps, are stunning in their natural beauty.
Singer, no stranger to Nazi stories (Aprt Pupil), collaborated with his Usual Suspects writer Christopher McQuarrie. While the pacing maintains a tight attitude don't confuse Valkyrie with a top drawer suspense film, which is what the ads suggest. The story works better as a historical recreation than as a thriller. Cruise is surrounded by a crew of excellent British actors like Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy and Terence Stamp among others, all strikingly convincing.