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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

(2024)

March 20, 2024 1h 2m
85%
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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.

Joseph Beauregard

Director

Top Billed Cast

VL

Vincent Lowy

Self - Historian

AS

Anne Sinclair

Self - Journalist

SB

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

SL

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self - Historian

MO

Marcel Ophüls

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

PB

Pascal Breton

Self - Producer

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André Harris

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

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André Gazut

Self - Director of Photography

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Pascal Ory

Self - Historian

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Henry Rousso

Self - Historian