Tom Cruise on "Valkyrie" Set

Actor Tom Cruise, center, arrives on the set in Berlin to shoot scenes for the film "Rubicon" (formerly known as "Valkyrie") on Sept. 8, 2007. Cruise is starring as Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, an aristocratic Nazi officer who mounted a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 as Germany was losing World War II.

Extras in World War II-era German military uniforms stand near the set of outside the Bendler Block Sept. 23, 2007, in Berlin, Germany. Cruise and the crew held a minute of silence for German anti-Nazi heroes as the team prepared to film at the site where they were executed, a cast member told the press Sept. 23, 2007.

Extras wearing World War II-era German military uniforms drive a motorcycle and sidecar near the set of "Valkyrie" outside the Bendlerblock Sept. 23, 2007, in Berlin. Germany initially declined to allow filming at Bendlerblock, now memorial to anti-Nazi resistance, saying it could disturb "the dignity of the place."

An extra in a World War II-era German military uniform stands near the set of "Valkyrie" outside the Bendlerblock Sept. 23, 2007, in Berlin. Filming at the memorial to anti-Nazi resistance, began with brief remarks by actor Tom Cruise and director Bryan Singer, followed by a minute of silence.

Actress Katie Holmes and her daughter, Suri Cruise, visit actor Tom Cruise on the set of his movie in Berlin Sept. 8, 2007. In the film, Cruise is starring as Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, an aristocratic Nazi officer who mounted a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Actor Tom Cruise chases after his daughter Suri on the set of his latest movie in Berlin Sept. 8, 2007. Suri and Cruise's wife, actress Katie Holmes, were guests on the set that day.

Actors dressed like Nazi army soldiers stand on the set in front of the Finance Ministry on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, in Berlin. Tom Cruise, not pictured, stars in the Hitler-era movie directed by Bryan Singer.

Tom Cruise is in costume for his role as Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the Nazi leaders who plotted against Adolf Hitler. His choice caused some controversy in Germany because Cruise is an adherent of Scientology, which the German government considers fraudulent. Critics have said one of its members should not be playing one of the Nazi era's few heroes.

Actors dressed like Nazi army soldiers stand on the set in front of the Finance Ministry on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, in Berlin. Eleven extras were injured in an Aug. 19, 2007, incident in which a bolt on a side panel of a truck apparently came loose as the vehicle turned. The extras, none of whom was seriously injured, tumbled off the back.

Extras in German World War II military uniforms climb onto a truck for a scene during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry, which during the war was the Nazi Air Ministry, on Aug. 18, 2007, in Berlin.

A film crew member hoses down a set as extras in German World War II military uniforms prepare for a scene during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007. The movie is expected to hit theaters in August 2008.

A film crew member brings a pallet full of sand bags to a set during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007. Filming in Berlin began in July 2007 and is expected to continue for several months in Potsdam, Brandenburg and Prague as well as Berlin.

Extras in German World War II military uniforms get instructions during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007. Tom Cruise stars in the film, which is about the 1944 plot lead by Claus von Stauffenberg to kill Adolf Hitler. The crew was not allowed to film on Bendler Block, site of von Stauffenberg's execution, because of the dignity of the memorial site.

Extras dressed as German civilians run during a scene in the shooting of "Valkyrie" in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007. The movie also stars Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson and Eddie Izzard.

Extras in German World War II military uniforms prepare for a scene during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007.

Extras in German World War II military uniforms prepare for a scene during the shooting of "Valkyrie" in front of the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Aug. 18, 2007.

Actor Tom Cruise is visited by his wife, actress Katie Holmes, and their daughter, Suri, on the set of his new movie in Berlin Sept. 8, 2007. Cruise is starring as Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, an aristocratic Nazi officer who mounted a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 as Germany was losing World War II.