Raoul Nordling, the consul of Sweden, tries to convince a Nazi general named Choltitz not to bomb Paris.

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Paris, August 25, 1944. The sun is about to come up as Allied troops march on the city. Nazi General von Choltitz of the occupying forces prepares to destroy the city, on the orders of Hitler, with a dozen bombs placed underneath monuments and bridges. Resolved to stop him from carrying out his mission, Raoul Nordling, the consul of Sweden, arrives at the general’s headquarters armed with nothing but diplomacy in hopes of saving the City of Light.

Three years after the success of the play in Paris, German director Diplomacy is primarily a film. A magnificent film.