TOM CRUISE - TOM CRUISE FILM SCENES TO BE RESHOT

TOM CRUISE FILM SCENES TO BE RESHOT

Scenes from the controversial film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, are to be reshot following production problems.

The movie's producers had struggled to gain permission to shoot scenes at the Bendler Block, a historical site where a number of executions took place during the Nazi era. But footage shot at the site has now been lost, requiring another shoot to take place.

A spokeswoman for the production company said the majority of footage taken at the site in Berlin would have to be filmed again.

Colin Ullman, a spokesman for the firm that delivered the film for post-production, told German newspaper Bild that problems with the condition of the footage prevented the next stage in the cycle.

"The production company told us that there were problems with the negative development in Arri Munich, one of the top post-production companies in Germany.

"The images were wiped away," he added.

However reports in another local paper Tagesspiegel claim that the use of the wrong chemicals to treat the negatives had resulted in the footage being lost.

Controversy has surrounded the filming of the story about a failed plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during the second world war. Last month 11 extras suffered injuries after falling out of a moving military truck in Berlin.

It was also difficult to secure permission to film scenes in Germany after government officials criticised Cruise's belief in Scientology.