It is the night between August 24 and 25, 1944, and the Allies are entering Paris. Shortly before dawn, German General Dietrich von Choltitz, military governor of Paris, prepares to carry out Adolf Hitler's orders: to destroy the French capital. Bridges and monuments have all been mined and are ready to explode, but Raoul Nordling, the Swedish consul, enters the scene, sneaking into von Choltitz's office to try to dissuade him from confirming that fatal order.
