The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
« Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée
Release: 2024-03-20
·Runtime: 62m
·★ 8.5
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films du Tambour de soie
ARTE
Cast
Sylvie Lindeperg
as Self - Historian
Simone Veil
as Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate
Michel Ciment
as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
Samuel Blumenfeld
as Self - Historian
Marcel Ophüls
as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Pascal Ory
as Self - Historian
Laurent Joly
as Self - Historian
Anne Sinclair
as Self - Journalist
André Gazut
as Self - Director of Photography
Georges Pompidou
as Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic