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Yet that passing reference is arguably the crux upon which the high- stakes drama turns. Adapted by Cyril Gely from his play and starring the great veteran French actors Niels Arestrup as German Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz and Andre Dussollier as Swedish consul Raoul Nordling, Diplomacy, opening Friday, Nov. 14, at the Detroit Film Theatre, is at its core an impassioned debate about the prospects for human civilization. Gen. Choltitz, you see, has been recent- ly dispatched to Paris with an order from Hitler to destroy the city when the Allies arrive. Choltitz has approved the wiring of explosives that will not only demolish Notre Dame, the Louvre, etc., but will cause the Seine to flood, killing thou- sands of residents. A loyal, seasoned officer, Choltitz has every intention of carrying out his instructions. It doesn't matter that no military advantage will ensue from turning one of the world's great cities to rubble; an order is an order. The logic behind the order is likewise of little inter- est to him, with revenge (for the bombing of German cities) constituting sufficient grounds. Enter Consul Nordling, through a hidden entrance to the general's hotel headquarters that Choltitz was unaware of, with a nocturnal plea to defy Hitler's wishes. The impassioned Nordling deliv- ers an array of arguments, all effortlessly rebuffed by Choltitz, but the diplomat does manage to reveal the man behind the uniform. Not for the first time in movies (although it is a comparatively recent development), the German officer isn't depicted as a one-dimensional, sadistic true believer. He is an educated man with a wider worldview, albeit one only arrived at through the devastating realization that the Third Reich had irrevocably crossed serious lines under the influence of Fuehrer-worship. At one point in their verbal fencing match, Choltitz informs Nordling that early in the war he had unhesitatingly car- ried out an order to eliminate the Jews in a town on the Eastern Front. It didn't even occur to him to question Hitler's directive. To Nordling — though he doesn't say it — and to us, no conceivable justification exists for the targeted murders of a minor- ity. Choltitz, we gather, has reconsidered his behavior during that mass murder as the war ground on and Hitler lost his tenuous grasp on reality. Can a supposedly neutral diplomat out- wit a general with his finger on the but- ton? Can a Nazi officer rejoin the civilized peoples of the world? Even if you don't find the latter a compelling conversation starter, and you are well aware that Paris survived the war intact, Diplomacy is a deeply rewarding profile in conscience. ❑ Diplomacy, in French and German with English subtitles, screens at the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.14-16; at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22; and at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. $6.50-$8.50. (313) 833- 4005; www.dia.org/dft.