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Diplomacy

2014Movie1 h 24 min

DramaHistory
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic726.6Rotten Tomatoes94%80%
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic726.6Rotten Tomatoes94%80%

Summary

On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish consul Raoul Nordling uses diplomacy in a desperate bid to convince him to defy the orders and save Paris.

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  • Draws you into power games.
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Dramatizationin 130 titlesIn real life, the Germans were ordered to destroy Paris, but they had few troops and few explosives to carry this order out, so the threat was not as serious as depicted in the film.Analogy Backfirein 457 titlesNordling compares Von Choltitz, who blindly obeys Hitler when Hitler orders him to destroy Paris, with Abraham, who blindly obeyed God when God ordered him to kill his own son Isaac.All 19 tropes

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