

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
9.0(3 votes)
2024
1h 2m
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
Les Films du Tambour de soie, ARTE
Cast

Vincent Lowy
Self - historian

Anne Sinclair
Self - journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld
Self - historian

Sylvie Lindeperg
Self - historian

Marcel Ophüls
Self (archive) - 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