Access Exclusive: Tom Cruise Greets Fans In Germany

Access Hollywood has obtained exclusive video from Berlin, where Tom Cruise is filming “Valkyrie.” Cruise stars as Germany’s most famous anti-Hitler plotter, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg.

Directed by Bryan Singer (“Superman Returns“) and based on real events, “Valkyrie” tells the story of a group of high-ranking German officers who plotted to assassinate Hitler at the height of World War II in an effort to seize power of the military command and end the war.

Cruise’s casting has attracted controversy in Germany because the actor is one of the best-known adherents of Scientology, which the German government considers a commercial enterprise that takes advantage of vulnerable people.

Some critics maintain that one of its members should not be playing what some consider one of Germany’s few World War II heroes.

Additional controversy struck the film nearly two weeks ago, when a group of extras injured on the set threatened to sue the film’s producers.

The injuries occurred when the extras fell out of a truck during filming. Cruise was not involved in the scene, as he reportedly had that day off from filming.

Access Hollywood reached out to United Artists regarding the lawsuit threat, but they would not comment.