The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
8.0 (5)
1 hr 2 min
French
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Tambour de soie, ARTE
Keywords
- historical figure
- social documentary
- political documentary
- historical documentary
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Top Cast
Vincent Lowy as Self - Historian
Anne Sinclair as Self - Journalist
Samuel Blumenfeld as Self - Historian
Sylvie Lindeperg as Self - Historian
Marcel Ophüls as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Pascal Breton as Self - Producer
André Harris as Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
André Gazut as Self - Director of Photography
Top Crew
Joseph Beauregard · Director
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