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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary As the Allies march toward Paris in the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then ‘only as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup), who already has ...

Directed By: Volker Schlöndorff

Written By: Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Diplomacy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary As the Allies march toward Paris in the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then ‘only as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup), who already has ...

Directed By: Volker Schlöndorff

Written By: Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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21% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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0% Negative
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91
Oct 17, 2014
Since we all know that Paris wasn’t blown to smithereens, the tension here is not in the outcome but in how it was achieved. The meeting between these two men is largely fictional, but the stakes could not have been more real.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
88
Dec 12, 2014
We know how the story ends: Nordling persuades Choltitz to back down. Yet, the film somehow maintains a razor-sharp sense of suspense throughout. And it ends with a delicious plot twist that makes one rethink Nordling's moral superiority.
By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 6, 2014
To be sure, we are in that authorial fantasy by which historical figures become shrewder, sharper and wittier than they surely were in life — the domain of Peter Morgan and Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” But when the actors and the dialogue are this good, one scarcely objects.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 16, 2014
A compelling historical drama in Diplomacy, which benefits greatly from the razor-sharp, theater-honed skills of two formidable French actors, Niels Arestrup and André Dussollier, who created the roles on stage.
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67
Oct 14, 2014
It’s a stagy setup whose theatrical roots are always front and center, yet it’s one that’s handled with aplomb by director Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), whose latest has enough visual panache to compensate for the static, conversational nature of the work.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 14, 2014
Diplomacy’s origins as a play (written by Cyril Gely and starring the same actors) are always evident. Despite Schlöndorff’s attempts to give the movie some pop through widescreen lensing and noirish lighting, it’s a visually staid affair—very “filmed theater.” Fortunately, both Arestrup and Dussolier are captivating presences.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 6, 2014
The dialogue also reflects the material’s stage origins in ways that don’t always translate well.
By Tom Russo FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.6
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38% Mixed
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Production Company Gaumont, Film Oblige, Blueprint Film, Arte France Cinéma, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR), ARTE, Canal+, Ciné+, Eurimages, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
Release Date Oct 15, 2014
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline August, 1944. One night to save the monuments of Paris from destruction.
Website https://www.facebook.com/diplomatie.lefilm
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Awards

Valladolid International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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