The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

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.

Cast

Vincent Lowy

Vincent Lowy

as Self - Historian

Anne Sinclair

Anne Sinclair

as Self - Journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld

Samuel Blumenfeld

as Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg

Sylvie Lindeperg

as Self - Historian

Marcel Ophüls

Marcel Ophüls

as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

Pascal Breton

Pascal Breton

as Self - Producer

André Harris

André Harris

as Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

André Gazut

André Gazut

as Self - Director of Photography

Pascal Ory

Pascal Ory

as Self - Historian

Henry Rousso

Henry Rousso

as Self - Historian

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