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Tom Cruise shot "Valkyrie" (which has also been referred to under the working title "Rubicon") in Berlin last year. He plays Claus von Stauffenberg, leader of the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler.
Cruise and production company United Studios, in which the actor holds a stake, encountered bureaucratic problems shooting at key historical locations. They eventually got the job done, but the release date for the movie has been repeatedly pushed back.
Berlin was turned upside down with actors in World War II German army uniforms.
Not everything went smoothly. On set, a truck caused an accident as it tried to negotiate a corner on Wilhelmstrasse. Eleven people were injured when they fell out of the back of the truck. They are now suing United Studios for 11 million.
The extras were rushed to the hospital after the accident.
Director Bryan Singer shot scenes near Potsdamer Platz and the German Finance Ministry -- one of the few buildings designed during the Nazi era that still stands.
United Studios encountered still more controversy when they requested to hang swastikas, normally banned in Germany, around the city. They eventually gained permission.
There were many incongruous scenes. Here an actor dressed as a Wehrmacht soldier takes a break to have a chat on his mobile phone.
The filmmakers have faced a number of difficulties while shooting in Berlin. While they were given permission to shoot at Berlin's historic Tempelhof Airport, they were not so lucky when it came to other locations, such as police premises in Kreuzberg.
The Bendlerblock, today a Defense Ministry building, was where Stauffenberg hatched his failed plot to kill Hitler and where he was executed.
