His injuries resulted in the loss of his eye, right hand and two fingers on his left hand. There are no surprise twists in valkyrie, the story of stauffenberg s assassination attempt of hitler. According to the movie, he is injured during an attack in tunisia during world war ii. Critics savage cruises antihitler performance in valkyrie the local. More recent medical texts have often referred to the eye patch as a pirates patch and writing in the minnesota academy of sciences journal in 1934, charles sheard of the mayo foundation, pointed out that by wearing a patch the pirates patch over one eye, it will keep the covered eye in a state of readiness and adaptation for night vision. He would quote georges the antichrist when recruiting friends and trusted colleagues into the conspiracy. Internet chatter has mocked tom cruises eye patch, yet its completely accurate historically.
Nov 15, 2012 the man who tried and failed to assassinate adolf hitler. Cruise is a hollywood version of actual historical events. An eye patch covers his left eye, betraying the trauma of his recent battle in. He was nto afriad of dying, he knew that his chances of pulling off hte coup and surviving were slim but he had hte courage to do it. Historical accuracy of the film valkyrie starring tom. With wolfgang preiss, annemarie duringer, robert freitag, fritz tillmann. Now his son has revealed how the family lost a father but gained a hero.
According to the movie, he is injured during an attack in tunisia during. Pictures of stauffenberg with his eyepatch axis history forum. He was among a group of officers who faced immediate death on the orders of superiors who were eradicating evidence of their own culpability in the plot. The story of the illfated bomb plot in nazi germany on 20 july 1944, is one of the most extraordinary of the whole war. Interesting trivia facts about the world war ii film valkyrie. People and politics from traitor to hero wouldbe hitler.
They were marcheddragged down to the courtyard of the bendlerblock, stood on a sandpileand shot. Stauffenberg lost his left eye, his right hand, and two. He held the hereditary titles of graf count and schenk. An eye patch covers his left eye, betraying the trauma of his recent battle in tunisia but, apart from this, the. It is often worn by people to cover a lost or injured eye, but it also has a therapeutic use in children for the. Sometimes he uses the glass eye a calling carda rather unexplored and loony. Everyone says my father was extremely good looking dark hair, blue eyes, slightly wavy hair, tall. Indeed, stamp seems to be wearing nothing but a dark business suit and tie. Actually, you know what is really funny is your atrocious spelling. His use of an eye patch, eye contact, hand makeup, and stern vocal command make cruises performance so gripping. Germany remembers the plot to kill hitler german history dw.
Tom cruise talks valkyrie, dodges eyepatch questions. Aug 17, 2009 if you find a clear version of the photo and look at stauffenbergs hair and forehead, its clear that he cannot be wearing a patch as it should be visible. The bomb went off, causing severe damage to the building and killing and wounding several officers, but hitler escaped with only minor injuries. Stauffenberg was an aristocratic, catholic, career army officer. But its true a patch does bestow a buccaneering air on, for example, snake plissken, or bond villain emilio largo, or les amants du pontneufs. Germany remembers the plot to kill hitler german history.
Suri, often touted as the most powerful tot on the planet. Though moody was a grizzled old wizard who had seen ha. In his youth, he belonged to stefan georges circle and remained a disciple of the great poet for the rest of his life. Valkyrie was a world war ii film about a plot to assassinate adolph hitler in july of 1944. He is shown with eye patch on convalescent leave with his children. It may be a cloth patch attached around the head by an elastic band or by a string, an adhesive bandage, or a plastic device which is clipped to a pair of glasses.
See more ideas about hitler, operation valkyrie, german army. An eyepatch covers his left eye, betraying the trauma of his recent battle in tunisia but, apart from this, the soldier looks like a happy family man. There are no surprise twists in valkyrie, the story of stauffenbergs assassination attempt of hitler. Who is the man wearing an eyepatch standing next to. He was sent back to munich to recover from his wounds and a patch for his lost eye. In that campaign he was severely wounded losing his left eye, right hand, and two fingers of his left hand in april 1943.
His great inspiration is to use valkyrie the governments emergency contingent in case of a coup detat as the actual means of the. Grave of hitlers wouldbe assassin discovered telegraph. As with any hollywood rendition of a true story, the screenwriters and filmmakers feel they must. The german officer who tried to kill hitler bbc news. Anne billson cutters way and the great tradition of the. His son and a former guard still have vivid memories of that day. At about the same time berthold and his family was sitting down to lunch at lautlingen on july 20, stauffenberg was placing a bomb, hidden inside his briefcase, under a conference table at wolfschanze wolfs lair, hitlers.
Unfortunately, i dont have access to the photo at the moment to post it. If you find a clear version of the photo and look at stauffenberg s hair and forehead, its clear that he cannot be wearing a patch as it should be visible. The story of a reallife bomb plot against german leader adolf hitlers life spearheaded by the patriotic aristocrat col. Tom cruise is fantastic in valkyrie and the heart of the film. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just. Tom cruise has never looked so badass than in this truetolife story about the officer who spearheaded the july 20, 1944, plot to assassinate hitler. The best tv and movie characters with eye patches tv guide.
He took part in the attack on poland, the german invasion of the soviet union and the tunisian campaign during the second world war. Stauffenberg spent three months in a hospital in munich, where he was treated by ferdinand sauerbruch. Prior to his revolutionary activities, he was injured in tunisia in 1943 by an allied warplane that strafed his unit, and he lost his left eye, right hand, and two fingers on his left hand. Download 7page research paper on historical accuracy of the film valkyrie starring tom cruise 2020.
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