Plot:
Based on Robert Harris' international bestseller. In the autumn of 1938, Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler prepares to invade Czechoslovakia, and Neville Chamberlain's government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. As tensions heat up, British civil servant Hugh Leggett and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann travel to Munich for an emergency meeting. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves caught in a web of political intrigue and in extraordinary danger. With the world watching, can war be avoided? And if so, at what cost?