The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024Directed by Joseph Beauregard

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Released: March 20, 2024
Runtime: 1h 2m

About The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

Documentary
History
TV Movie

Synopsis

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
Original title: « Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée

Principal cast

In billing order

Vincent LowySelf - Historian
Anne SinclairSelf - Journalist
Samuel BlumenfeldSelf - Historian
Sylvie LindepergSelf - Historian
Marcel OphülsSelf (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Pascal BretonSelf - Producer

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