The Sorrow and the Pity

Directed by Marcel Ophüls
PG
1969    4h 11mDocumentary, History,
8.1100%96%
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
  • Helmut TausendSelf, former Wehrmacht Captain
  • Marcel VerdierSelf, pharmacist in Clermont-Ferrand
  • Alexis GraveSelf, Yronde farmer
  • Louis GraveSelf, Yronde farmer, Résistance Fighter
  • Pierre Mendès FranceSelf, Former Prime Minister Of France
  • Emile CoulaudonSelf, Former Head of the Auvergne Maquis
  • Walter WarlimontSelf, General, adjutant to the Wehrmacht Supreme Command
  • Georg StummeSelf, general in the Wehrmacht
  • TausendSelf
  • Anthony EdenSelf, Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945
  • Sepp DietrichSelf, SS commander
  • Roger TounzeSelf, journalist for La Montage newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand
  • Adolf HitlerSelf
  • Albert SpeerSelf
  • Mr. Leirisself, Former Mayor Of Combronde
  • Christian de la Mazièreself, an aristocratic ex-fascist and Veteran of the French division of the Waffen SS
  • André HarrisSelf, interviewer
  • Philippe PétainSelf
  • Georges BidaultSelf
  • Jacques Duclosself, former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party
  • Charles BraunSelf, restaurateur, Clermont-Ferrand
  • Edward SpearsSelf
  • Marcel-Bruno GensoulSelf
  • Paul SchmidtSelf, Adolf Hitler's chief interpreter
  • Bruno FritzSelf
  • Edouard LefèbvreSelf, 110,000th French worker in Nazi Germany
  • Elmar MichelSelf, chairman of Salamander Shoes
  • R. Du Jonchayself, Colonel, Head of the Résistance Movement
  • Jean Louis Gontier de VasseSelf, pilot-sergeant
  • Henri Rochatself, defense Lawyer for Pierre Mendès France
  • Georges Lamirandself, Minister of Youth, 1941-43
  • Alphonse de ChateaubriantSelf
  • Charles LavilleSelf
  • DantonSelf, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
  • DionnetSelf, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
  • Marius KleinSelf, shopkeeper, Clermont-Ferrand
  • Bernard NatanSelf
  • Pierre Le Calvezself, cinema owner, Clermont-Ferrand
  • Albert PréjeanSelf
  • Danielle DarrieuxSelf
  • Suzy DelairSelf
  • Junie AstorSelf
  • Viviane RomanceSelf
  • Reinhard HeydrichSelf
  • René BousquetSelf - with Laval
  • Louis Darquier de PellepoixSelf
  • Fernand de BrinonSelf
  • Raphaël GéminianiSelf - Champion Professional Cyclist
  • Mr. Miocheself, Hotelier in Royat
  • Sgt. EvansSelf, retired British pilot
  • Denis Rakeself, British Secret Agent in occupied France
  • Maurice Buckmasterself, Former Head of the British Espionage Network
  • Marcel OphülsSelf, interviewer
  • Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerieself, Founder of the Liberation Résistance Movement
  • Marcel Fouche-Degliameself, Director of the Combat Movement
  • Charles de GaulleSelf
  • Jacques Doriotself, head of the Fascist French Popular Party
  • René de Chambrunself, International Lawyer
  • Pierre Lavalself, French Minister of State
  • Claude LevySelf - Author and Biologist
  • Cmdt. MenutSelf, member of the French Résistance
  • Matthäus BleibingerSelf - Wehrmacht Soldier in the Auvergne
  • Mme. SolangeSelf, beautician
  • Henri d'Astier de la VigerieSelf
  • Raymond GuyotSelf
  • Maurice ChevalierSelf - Denies Making Tour of Germany
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