The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the general has never had any hesitation when it came to obeying orders. This is what’s on Swedish consul Raoul Nordling’s mind as he takes the secret staircase that leads to General von Choltitz’s suite at the Hôtel Meurice. The bridges on the Seine and the major monuments of Paris (including the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower) are mined with explosives, ready to be detonated. Armed with all the weapons of diplomacy, the consul will try to convince the general not to follow Hitler’s order of destruction.
as Raoul Nordling
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
as Captain Werner Ebernach
as Lieutenant Bressensdorf
as The caretaker
as Jacques Lanvin
as Caporal Mayer
as Lieutenant Hegger
as SS soldier
as SS officer
as The makeup lady
as The maid
as Hans, the guard
as 18 year old soldier
as The vestibule guard
as Lieutenant Karcher
as The radio operator
as Escort soldier
as Escort soldier
as Dankwart Von Arnim (uncredited)
as A resistant (uncredited)
as Ingrid (uncredited)