The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
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Release Date: 2024-03-20
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.
CASTS
Anne Sinclair
Self - journalist
Samuel Blumenfeld
Self - historian
Sylvie Lindeperg
Self - historian
Marcel Ophüls
Self (archive) - director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
André Gazut
Self - director of photography
Pascal Ory
Self - historian
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive) - magistrate
Georges Pompidou
Self (archive) - President of the French Republic
Michel Ciment
Self (voice) (archive) - film critic
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