

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
62 min
Release Date
2024-03-20
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
9
Vincent Lowy
Self - historian
Anne Sinclair
Self - journalist
Samuel Blumenfeld
Self - historian
Sylvie Lindeperg
Self - historian
Marcel Ophüls
Self (archive) - director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Pascal Breton
Self - producer
André Harris
Self - co-author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
André Gazut
Self - director of photography
Pascal Ory
Self - historian
Henry Rousso
Self - historian
Laurent Joly
Self - historian
Claude Vajda
Self (voice) (archive) - assistant and editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Claus Leggewie
Self - political scientist
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive) - magistrate
Antoine Spire
Self - journalist
Vincent Malle
Self - distributor
Hélène Mouchard-Zay
Self - Jean Zay's daughter
Henri Leclerc
Self - lawyer
Annette Lévy-Willard
Self - journalist
Antoine Silber
Self - journalist
François Heilbronn
Self - professor
Charles-Henri Favrod
Self (voice) (archive) - producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Denis Rake
Self (archive) - secret agent, interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Georges Pompidou
Self (archive) - President of the French Republic
Michel Ciment
Self (voice) (archive) - film critic
Catherine Ellsberg
Self - professor
Robert O. Paxton
Self (archive) - historian
Pierre-André Teitgen
Self (archive) - member of Resistance
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