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Diplomacy

2014 · 84 min

A taut, talky chamber piece that turns a single night of negotiation into a life-or-death chess match over a city's fate.

Overview
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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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • power
  • morality
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, history, war
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Written by
Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff
Starring
André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober, Charlie Nelson, Jean-Marc Roulot, Stefan Wilkening, Thomas Arnold
Music
Jörg Lemberg
Cinematography
Michel Amathieu
Runtime
84 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
German, French

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