The opening scenes of Valkyrie, presents Colonel Von Stauffenberg’s deep contemplation (Highly German Military Officer) toward his war. With north-African’s background during World War II, Stauffenberg wrote down in his diary. He Said “The running of War is not about to salvaged Germany again, but attending to destroy Human rights and Humanity value”. He thought, in the end of this War, Germany will totally lose and devastate. Finally,” The changes must be made”, to closed his diary and will be a general scenario of Valkyrie’s Movie.

This Movie tells us about several kill efforts toward Hitler. Valkyrie was the last and biggest kill effort, because there is no operations to kill Hitler again after Valkyrie. Before Valkyrie Operation the Movie told us, General Von Tresekow (one of syndicate against Hitler) tried to put a bomb, but looks like a bottle of Brandi in to Hitler’s Plane, when he went to Smolensk Russia. And they did it. The bomb has designed to blast after 30 minute in air with Hitler inside.

But surprisingly (maybe not yet His times), the Plane with Hitler inside can safely landed in Rastenburg, east of Germany and directly flied to Berlin. There was nothing happened. Hitler saved and every member in syndicate had agazed. Always facing failures, some of them became frustrated. And forced them to make a ‘final solution’ for the last operations to kill Hitler. It was led directly by Col Von Stauffenberg and the name of Operation is Valkyrie.

Actually Valkyrie is a Hitler planed to save His position as a ‘Fuhrer’ (Leader Of Germany). If at any times happened coup d'etat. He kept reserve army together with SS army (Hitler Special Army) inside of Berlin, with the main duty to directly take over the emergency situations and clean up the traitors. But with His ingenuity, Stauffenberg succeeded to use Hitler’s plan against himself.

Being helped by his aide, Lieutenant Haeften, Stauffenberg tried to rewrite Valkyrie Operation. The main point was not entangled SS Army joined in Operation. He made it and got Hitler’s signature. He tried to bomb Hitler, but as we knew Hitler saved (because of thick stable in front of Him). And He tried to capture some of Nazi Leaders. Even in the end Col Stauffenberg must paid much and had responsible with his actions. He had killed by Hitler’s soldiers in Valkyrie Operation.

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Col Stauffenberg said to his Aide “Do you know how this war will be ended Lieutenant? The Portrait will be un-hang and the man will be hung”. It sentences came from highly officer in Germany military. Who had lost one of his eyes and hands because of war.

There is will be and always, some of peoples become a current resistances in the episode of History. They become a volunteer as a avant-garde(The frontline persons), just to follow cues of their heart. Some of them successfully run his/her big missions or just usual duties. But more of them had failed and wiped out by history. Definitely they were brave persons. They had part of History. Even Stauffenberg and Hitler, both of them in their era were persons who had courage to against a current of the world.

Hitler tried to changes the old world order in his era. He fought against the British and France arbitrary toward German peoples. He thought both of them and Jews had made Germany got an economic bankrupt. Even he failed (thanks God, he failed), but finally the new world order had been created with destructions of primitive imperialism (colonialism) in the whole of the world. Col Von Stauffenberg, although he failed to against Hitler, but he made and showed to the world successfully that there were not all of Germany like Hitler, and not off all them supported Hitler’s brutality wars. Actually both of them were just victims of History. Just like Tan Malaka, just like murdered some of Student Movements in Semanggi on Indonesia history. They became Antithesis to generated synthesis toward History dialectic.

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Don’t be afraid become a current resistances, or AvantGard (the frontline persons). If we sure that we are right and follow our conscience, Just follow it and you will find the treasure. I think it is the massages, which I got from the Valkyrie Movie.

This movie is interesting, because of based on true story. The story of the movie is so fluiding, straining, and rooting the audiences. Tells us about war situations but less of combat scene. Instead providing with full of un-boring story of conspiracy plot. it is Realistic and clever. But for me the movie still has some minus points.

How it can be, the racism and megalomaniac dictator like Hitler. Prussian Noblemen and idealistic German officer like Col Von Stauffenberg had spoke in English. For me it is inappropriate. I think, it will be more perfect and interesting if the language of Valkyrie’s Movie is in Deusthland/German language. Yah, but suddenly I have consciousness, if it is American Movie. And this movie is about Germany in 40era (which is made by American). As we know America was German’s enemy at that times. Oke, as usual the Winner have a His story (History).

Gigih Pribadi, 05/07/09