Potsdam, Germany - Germany’s Stauffenberg family has broken ranks over a the true-life movie in which Tom Cruise is to depict their ancestor who tried to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, with a family member taking a role in the film. The production company said Friday that Philipp von Schulthess, who is a grandson of Count Claus von Stauffenberg, would play the role of a 1944 German Army adjutant in the film Valkyrie, which began shooting this week.

It was not known Friday how Schulthess came to be in the cast, but it appeared he had attended an audition.