Cruise wins award following portrayal of would-be Hitler assassin
By The Associated Press
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who portrays a Nazi officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his latest movie, has won a German film award for his willingness to take risks in his movies, media company Hubert Burda Media said Wednesday.
Cruise was presented with the "courage" prize during the 59th annual Bambi Awards ceremony in the northern city of Duesseldorf on Thursday. The prize committee said Cruise has pursued brave projects that otherwise would not have been made, including his newest film, Valkyrie, which details the failed Operation Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler.
Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who tried to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944. "Tom Cruise is making an international public familiar with a story that has never before been the theme of a major Hollywood production: the German resistance against the Third Reich," the competition jury said in a statement.
Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who tried to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944. "Tom Cruise is making an international public familiar with a story that has never before been the theme of a major Hollywood production: the German resistance against the Third Reich," the competition jury said in a statement.
