Diplomacy

When I watched “Diplomatie” for the first time with my weekly French Movie Club, I could not leave my seat at the finish for the tears streaming down my face. In fact, the room stayed dark several minutes longer than usual; in the silence could be heard sniffles and digging in purses for tissues. I tear up even now, faced with the gripping reality that Paris, City of Lights, was literally moments away from absolute, total destruction as Hitler’s rage-vengeance for the Allies driving the Reich’s forces out of France in the summer after the Normandy invasions. This film of what was originally a two-man stage play tells the delicate tip-toe of diplomacy in one of the world’s most critically defining moments. In French & German with several language subtitles. Must-see.

This is a well acted movie that looks at the efforts to save Paris in 1944 from destruction on the orders of Hitler. It is a nice compliment to the much older “Is Paris Burning?” But unlike that film which has a more broader perspective this film focuses on the discussions that took place between General Von Cholitz and the Swedeish envoy Nordling. This is a passionate and engaging dialogue based film. Overall a very well done production.

First saw this film at an independent film festival and loved it! It was a different angle to the Hollywood movie Paris is Burning. Very dynamic story between 2 men that changed the course of history

I AM VERY INTERETING IN THE THEME SO I BOUGHT THE FILM, BUT I THINK IS BETTER BY FAR " IS PARIS BURNING?"

Fascinating projection of what was said in a historic crisis that saved Paris! Wonderfully acted with high production values.

A character-driven gem of essentially 2 men in a room, with immense consequences.

A great piece of filmmaking ! Highly recommended.

If you're making a historical movie about a major event, you need to make it exciting and credible. Diplomacy trips up right from the start and never recovers. The challenge about telling the story of what happened when the German commander of Paris was told to blow up the city in 1944 is simple - we know Paris survived unscathed. So how do you make a compelling film about that? Diplomacy is clearly a stage play shoehorned onto the screen without much thought or imagination. A mysterious Swedish businessman miraculously appears in the office of the commander the night before the planned destruction and basically bores the German (and the audience) to tears by asking him time and time again whether he wants to go down in history as the man who ruined one of the world's finest cities. Throw in some ill-advised and historically dubious gunplay and you have the indigestible lump that is Diplomacy. This one is a yawner.

excellent movie.

Chi non ha letto "Parigi brucia?" di Lapierre e Collins? Poderoso libro, ma svolgere lo stesso tema in un film di 90 minuti è un'altra storia. Il geniale sceneggiatore concentra tutta la vicenda in una sola notte. Molti grandi film si svolgono in una notte, da "Accadde una notte" a "Margin call" a "Il codice Da Vinci". Diplomacy è una grandissima pièce teatrale che non ci si stanca di rivedere. Non esistono storie più avvincenti delle storie vere, ma la mano dell'artista è altrettanto fondamentale.

bellissimo film

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