Tom Cruise on the Set of Valkyrie
by Matt Richenthal at . CommentsTom Cruise currently stars in Lions for Lambs, a movie based on the Iraq war.
But the actor takes on an even more controversial topic in his next film, Valkyrie. It's based on the true story of the German officers' plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. An eyepatch-wearing Cruise plays a Nazi German, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
Here are a couple photos from the shoot: