Near the end of WWII, Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) leads to group of fellow German army colonels in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler; the event would later be called the July 20 Plot of 1944. Tom Cruise ... Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg Kenneth Branagh ... Major-General Henning von Tresckow Bill Nighy ... General Friedrich Olbricht Tom Wilkinson ... General Friedrich Fromm Carice van Houten ... Nina von Stauffenberg Thomas Kretschmann ... Major Otto Ernst Remer Terence Stamp ... Ludwig Beck Eddie Izzard ... General Erich Fellgiebel Kevin McNally ... Dr. Carl Goerdeler Christian Berkel ... Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim Andy Gatjen ... Angry SS Officer Jamie Parker ... Lieutenant Werner von Haeften David Bamber ... Adolf Hitler Tom Hollander ... Colonel Heinz Brandt David Schofield ... Erwin von Witzleben