The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

Overview

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.

Directed by Joseph Beauregard

Top cast

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Vincent Lowy

Self - Historian

Anne Sinclair

Self - Journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self - Historian

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Marcel Ophüls

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

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Pascal Breton

Self - Producer

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André Harris

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

André Gazut

Self - Director of Photography

Pascal Ory

Self - Historian

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Henry Rousso

Self - Historian

Laurent Joly

Self - Historian

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Claude Vajda

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

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Claus Leggewie

Self - Political Scientist

Simone Veil

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate

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Antoine Spire

Self - Journalist

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Vincent Malle

Self - Distributor

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Hélène Mouchard-Zay

Self - Jean Zay's Daughter

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Henri Leclerc

Self - Lawyer

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Annette Lévy-Willard

Self - Journalist

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Antoine Silber

Self - Journalist

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