The night of August 24, 1944. Paris' fate is at the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who's preparing, on the orders of Hitler , to blow off the French funding. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the overall never had some hesitation as it came into obeying orders. This really is exactly what's on Swedish consul Raoul Nordling's mind because he chooses the staircase that leads to the bundle of General von Choltitz at the Hôtel Meurice. The bridges to the Seine and the major monuments of Paris (including the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower) are mined using explosives, willing to be detonated. Armed with of the weapons of diplomacy, the consul will endeavour to convince the general not to follow Hitler's sequence of destruction.