On December 25, a new World War II thriller called „Valkyrie” is scheduled to debut in United States theaters, starring Tom Cruise as would-be Hitler assassin Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.

The production depicts the German resistance to Adolf Hitler, portrayed by actor David Bimber, telling the story of a plot aimed at assassinating him during World War II, which is based on actual events.

Since Tom Cruise has been striving for a while to restore his reputation back to its rights, a movie in which he plays an army uniform-wearing German is likely to further hinder his efforts to rehabilitate his image.

Nevertheless, the subject of the production, a sensitive issue that could never be downplayed, along with the gravity of the matter might come to serve the actor and help him regain the critical acclaim he has been craving for some time.

The downwards slope of bad publicity targeting Tom Cruise has its basis in a 2005 appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, when he spent almost the entire interview jumping up and down the guest couch proclaiming his love for now-wife Katie Holmes.

After that, there was a peculiar interview with „Today”show host Matt Lauer, while one year later, Paramount Pictures bowed out of a 14 years long collaboration with the actor.

Still, things seem to be on right track in terms of Cruise making amends for the aforementioned incidents, since he has yet again appeared on Oprah’s show, he has publicly set the record straight with Lauer on Monday and also launched his own website.

Moreover, he has earned a Golden Globe Awards nomination for his performance in Ben Stiller’s comedy „Tropic Thunder.”