The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)
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.
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked FranceDocumentary, History, TV Movie
Cast
- Vincent Lowy — Self - Historian
- Anne Sinclair — Self - Journalist
- Samuel Blumenfeld — Self - Historian
- Sylvie Lindeperg — Self - Historian
- Marcel Ophüls — Self (archive footage) - 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 sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
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