The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024•1h 2m•8.0•Released
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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.
Director
Joseph Beauregard
Languages
French
Studio
Les Films du Tambour de soie
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")
Claus Leggewie
Self - Political Scientist
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate
Antoine Spire
Self - Journalist
Production
Company
Les Films du Tambour de soie
Company
ARTE
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