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To weave a suspense story around what is probably the world’s best known fact – that Adolf Hitler was not assasinated by German revolutionaries – takes some. That said, I think Valkyrie tries to work with its disadvantage, twinning form to content, adopting the sterility of the Germany army of that era. Emotions are deliberately played down, the singularity of purpose and the final grand deception ties in perfectly with the frustration in the face of Hitler’s invincibility. For a Hitler-inquisitive like me, who will read or watch anything to do with the Fuehrer, Valkyrie is definitely on the list. The others may well give it a miss.