The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024 | 1 h 2mins |U/A 13+| Documentary | History | TV Movie
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.
Starring: Vincent Lowy, Anne Sinclair, Samuel Blumenfeld,
Starring :
Self - historian
Self - journalist
Self - historian
Self - historian
Self (archive) - director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self - producer
Self - co-author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self - director of photography
Self - historian
Self - historian
Self - historian
Self (voice) (archive) - assistant and editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self - political scientist
Self (voice) (archive) - magistrate
Self - journalist
Self - distributor
Self - Jean Zay's daughter
Self - lawyer
Self - journalist
Self - journalist
Self - professor
Self (voice) (archive) - producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self (archive) - secret agent, interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self (archive) - President of the French Republic
Self (voice) (archive) - film critic
Self - professor
Self (archive) - historian
Self (archive) - member of Resistance
