It Happened on July 20th
1955 · 75 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 354 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst
Overview
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
Dialogue Timeline — 772 lines
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00:00:06 IT HAPPENED ON JULY 20TH
00:05:44 Neither God nor conscience can absolve us from this duty.
00:08:02 You're right. We mustn't hesitate any longer.
00:10:19 And 15 for the car to start.
00:15:51 What about Moss and the armor school?
00:19:22 Identification, please.
00:21:49 All here, General. Special orders, too.
00:25:29 Troops of the 3rd and 17th Siberian armies...
00:28:32 - to all telegraph stations. - What reason shall I give?
00:30:57 - But security just let me through. - I have my orders, Colonel.
00:34:17 We had no reliable information.
00:36:33 "Occupy all Party, SS security service and Gestapo offices."
00:39:56 No. Fromm will know any minute Valkyrie is on.
00:42:01 - Not your job. - Protecting him?
00:43:46 Kersten!
00:48:49 What brings you to me?
00:52:46 Is it treason to believe in a better Germany?
00:54:43 Let them talk. Never mind the counter-orders.
00:56:25 So we don't have the radio.
00:58:06 Against whom? Who are we fighting?
01:02:57 We have no choice. We have to make it work somehow.
01:05:29 Just a moment, madam. You wife, General.
01:09:28 Now I will rest.
01:14:11 Now it's up to us to ensure they did not give their lives in vain.
Cast & Characters
Bernhard Wicki
Oberst Graf v. Stauffenberg
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaloberst a.D. Beck
Carl Wery
Generaloberst Fromm
Erik Frey
General Olbricht
Kurt Meisel
SS-Obergruppenführer
Albert Hehn
Major Remer
Til Kiwe
Oberleutnant v. Haeften
Jochen Hauer
Generalfeldmarschall Keitel
Walter Holten
Generaloberst Hoepner
Hans Cossy
General Fellgiebel
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed772
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:14:11
Production Record
DirectorG.W. Pabst
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes354