The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)

Documentary History TV Movie

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.

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  • Release Date: 2024-03-20
  • Runtime: 1h 2min
  • Director: Joseph Beauregard

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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

  • Vincent Malle

    Self - Distributor

  • Hélène Mouchard-Zay

    Self - Jean Zay's Daughter

  • Henri Leclerc

    Self - Lawyer

  • Annette Lévy-Willard

    Self - Journalist

  • Antoine Silber

    Self - Journalist

  • François Heilbronn

    Self - Professor

  • Charles-Henri Favrod

    Self (voice) (archive sound) - Producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

  • Denis Rake

    Self (archive footage) - Secret Agent, Interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

  • Georges Pompidou

    Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic

  • Michel Ciment

    Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

  • Catherine Ellsberg

    Self - Professor

  • Robert O. Paxton

    Self (archive footage) - Historian

  • Pierre-André Teitgen

    Self (archive footage) - Member of Resistance

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