DIPLOMACY
synopsis
Diplomacy dramatizes the psychological duel to save Paris between two men at the highest diplomatic level in August 1944. The German military commander of occupied Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, is about to carry out Hitler’s command to demolish the city. At the eleventh hour, the Swedish ambassador Raoul Nordling succeeds in dissuading the Wehrmacht general from following this devastating order. Von Choltitz and Nordling engage in a suspenseful duel over the fate of the city - shining a spotlight on a key moment in world history.
international title: | Diplomacy |
original title: | Diplomatie |
country: | France, Germany |
sales agent: | Gaumont |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Volker Schlöndorff |
film run: | 84' |
release date: | FR 05/03/2014, BE 12/03/2014, DE 27/03/2014, ES 14/11/2014, IT 21/11/2014, HR 01/01/2014 |
cast: | Niels Arestrup, André Dussollier, Robert Stadlober, Burghart Klaußner, Lucas Prisor, Paula Beer, Thomas Arnold, Charlie Nelson |
cinematography by: | Michel Amathieu |
art director: | Jacques Rouxel |
producer: | Marc De Bayser, Frank Le Wita |
production: | Film Oblige, Gaumont, Blueprint Films |
backing: | ArteE/WDR, SWR, Eurimages, Région Ile-de-France, Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, German Federal Film Fund (FFA) |
distributor: | Gaumont Distribution, Koch Media Gmbh, Academy Two, Lumière, Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o., A Contracorriente Films, Discovery Film & Video Distribution |