Diplomacy

2014 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 6,000 VOTES · DIR. Volker Schlöndorff

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,145 lines

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00:00:45 From all German stations
00:05:54 The enemy broke through our defenses last night.
00:08:44 Sorry for making you use the backstairs.
00:11:22 I had to carry out the hardest order of my career
00:14:49 and bigger.
00:17:56 It leads not to the entrance guarded by your men on Rue de Rivoli
00:21:14 I shall make them pay.
00:24:03 So, why your embassy?
00:26:45 I'd ask you to leave now.
00:29:41 What terrorists?
00:32:39 It has maintained its neutrality
00:36:09 By that logic, the Allies destroying a city
00:38:36 They gave it to us, legs wide open, like a whore.
00:41:54 To delay the Allied attack on Germany for a few weeks?
00:44:47 It's an interesting analogy.
00:47:39 Men you allowed to leave the city
00:50:58 To fight back, it resorts to the worst medieval practices.
00:54:04 Think of the consequences.
00:57:34 I've had it for years and with the heat, it...
01:01:29 It's not the destruction of a city but of millions of people.
01:04:07 to continue to believe we had a chance.
01:06:43 Under a kilometer.
01:10:44 3 days and nights, without eating, shitting or sleeping!
01:14:36 Hurry, you've no time to waste.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,145
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:00:45
Final line01:14:36

Production Record

DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
LanguageFrench
Revenue$3,946,880
IMDb votes6,000