在这部白宫风云剧情片中,国务卿基辛格是美国总统尼克松倚重的外交政策执行者，可是两人之间有配合也有对抗，关系相当微妙。本片改编自基辛格的传记，主要内容放在1972年底至1973年初巴黎和会举行前后的十八周，基辛格为了达成缔造历史的个人野心，极力促成南北越签订和平条约，就算牺牲南越政府亦在所不惜。但尼克松另有盘算，在暗地里双方激烈较劲。导演丹尼尔．皮特里采取电视纪录戏剧的写实手法来刻划美国当代史的一段政治秘闻，情节推展颇富吸引力，也写出了政治角力的复杂性。罗恩．西尔弗与博．布里奇斯分饰基辛格与尼克松，对手戏旗鼓相当。
Told mainly from Henry Kissinger's point of view, this movie explores the sad betrayal of South Vietnam to the Communists by Kissinger while working in the Nixon administration. It shows his attempts to negotiate with Communist North Vietnam at the expense of the South in order to achieve a U.S. withdrawing at any price. These efforts led up to the 1973 Paris Peace Accords which in turn led to 1975 total Communist takeover of South Vietnam.
这部电影的英文直译名叫《基辛格与尼克松》。
