Dutch stage/film actress Carice van Houten is set to play actor Tom Criuses wife in the upcoming flick Valkyrie.
Melbourne, June 14 : Dutch stage/film actress Carice van Houten is set to play actor Tom Criuse's wife in the upcoming flick 'Valkyrie'.
The film, which will be directed by 'The Usual Suspects' director Bryan Singer, will mark Houten's American debut, Moviehole quoted Nu.nl, as stating.
Others signed for the film are actors Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Wilson Stephen Fry and Tom Wilkinson.
The film, which is based on the 'July Plot' of German officials to assassinate Hitler, is set to start filming from July in Berlin.
Cruise will portray the leader of the plot, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
Branagh will play a German general who guides Cruise's character, and hatches the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander will pen the script for the film.
United Artists (UA), owned by Cruise and his producing partner, Paula Wagner, was approached by Singer and McQuarrie.
The project will be UA's second venture since its establishment in 2006.
ANI