It recounts the events that occurred between 15 March 1939, when the German army commanded by Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and 3 September 1939, the date when France and United Kingdom declared war on Germany.

The film is divided into 5 different stages: Mussolini's study, Hitler's Chancellery, Stalin's Kremlin, Beck’s bedroom, and Chamberlain's Cabinet.

The script is based on private letters, diaries and records of meetings between the different leaders.

[1] The film starred Ian McKellen, Michael Aldridge, Alex Norton and Barrie Rutter.

Europe's most powerful leaders desperately plot their strategies, attempting to determine the next moves of both their allies and enemies.