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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: October 15, 2014
Summary: As the Allies march toward Paris in the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then ‘only as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup), who already has mines planted on the Eiffel Tower, in the Louvre and Notre Dame and on the bridges over the Seine. Nothing should be left as a reminder of the city’s former glory. However, at dawn on 25 August, Swedish Consul General Raoul Nordling (André Dussollier) steals into German headquarters through a secret underground tunnel and there starts a tension-filled game of cat and mouse as Nordling tries to persuade Choltitz to abandon his plan .
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Runtime: 84 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/diplomacy/
Production: Région Ile-de-France
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany, France
Languages: German, French
Home Release Date: May 5, 2015
Director Credit
Volker Schlöndorff Director
Writer Credit
Cyril Gely Play
Volker Schlöndorff Adaptation
Cast Credit
André Dussollier Raoul Nordling
Attila Borlan Officier SS #2
Burghart Klaußner Hauptmann Werner Ebernach
Charles Morillon Garde Du Vestibule
Charlie Nelson Le Concierge
Claudine Acs La Femme De Chambre
Dominique Engelhardt Garde Hans
Jean-Marc Roulot Jacques Lanvin
Johannes Klaußner Jeune Soldat 18 Ans
Lucas Prisor Soldat SS #1
Marie Dompnier La Dame Maquillée
Niels Arestrup Général Von Choltitz
Robert Stadlober Lieutenant Bressensdorf
Stefan Wilkening Caporal Mayer
Thomas Arnold Lieutenant Hegger
Producer Credit
Amelie Latscha Co-Producer
Felix Moeller Co-Producer
Frank Le Wita Producer
Manfred Hattendorf Commissioning Editor
Marc de Bayser Producer
Michael André Commissioning Producer
Nathalie Andries Assistant Producer
Olivier Père Co-Producer