The Sorrow and the Pity

Directed by Marcel Ophüls
1971    4h 10m    PG
8.2100%97%
An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
Cast of The Sorrow and the Pity
  • Georges BidaultSelf
  • Matthäus BleibingerSelf - Wehrmacht Soldier in the Auvergne
  • Jacques DuclosSelf - former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party
  • Anthony EdenSelf - Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945
  • Pierre Mendès FranceSelf - Former Prime Minister of France
  • Emmanuel d'Astier de La VigerieSelf - Founder of the Liberation Résistance Movement
  • Maurice ChevalierSelf - Denies Making Tour of Germany (archive footage)
  • Marcel OphülsSelf - Interviewer
  • André HarrisSelf - Interviewer
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