The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
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.
Top cast
- Vincent LowySelf - Historian
Anne SinclairSelf - Journalist
Samuel BlumenfeldSelf - Historian
Sylvie LindepergSelf - Historian- Marcel OphülsSelf (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
- Pascal BretonSelf - Producer
- André HarrisSelf - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
André GazutSelf - Director of Photography
Pascal OrySelf - Historian- Henry RoussoSelf - Historian
Laurent JolySelf - Historian- Claude VajdaSelf (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
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