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Der 20. Juli is a German feature film on the failed July 20, 1944 attempt at assassinating Adolf Hitler. Falk Harnack directed and co-wrote the 1955 film's script. Wolfgang Preiss won the German Federal Film Award for his role as the rebel army officer, Claus von Stauffenberg.
The film has a realism that comes close to the style of a documentary. Release of the film amounted to a race competition against G. W. Pabst's film, Es geschah am 20. Juli, (English title, Jackboot Mutiny), released in the same year, dealing with the same subject.
External links
- Allmovie.com review
- Der 20. Juli at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at Filmportal (German)
Categories:- 1955 films
- 1950s drama films
- Biographical films
- Films about the German Resistance
- Films set in Germany
- Films set in Berlin
- German films
- German-language films
- World War II films
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