The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

Mar 20, 2024

1h 2m

★ 8.5

Overview

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by the German occupation during World War II, because it shattered the myth, cultivated by the followers of President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), of a united France that had supposedly stood firm in the face of the ruthless invaders.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Les Films du Tambour de soie

ARTE

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Cast

Self - Historian

Vincent Lowy

Self - Journalist

Anne Sinclair

Self - Historian

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

Marcel Ophüls

Self - Producer

Pascal Breton

Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

André Harris

Self - Director of Photography

André Gazut

Self - Historian

Pascal Ory

Self - Historian

Henry Rousso

Self - Historian

Laurent Joly

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

Claude Vajda

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