The evening of August 24, 1944. The destiny of Paris is within the arms of Basic von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who's getting ready, on Hitler’s orders, to explode the French capital. The descendent of a protracted line of Prussian navy males, the final has by no means had any hesitation when it got here to obeying orders. That is what’s on Swedish consul Raoul Nordling’s thoughts as he takes the key staircase that results in Basic von Choltitz’s suite on the Hôtel Meurice. The bridges on the Seine and the foremost monuments of Paris (together with the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower) are mined with explosives, able to be detonated. Armed with all of the weapons of diplomacy, the consul will attempt to persuade the final to not observe Hitler’s order of destruction.
