Pétain, such a popular hero

Overview

On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun.

Directed by Serge de Sampigny

Top cast

Jacques Gamblin

Narrator (voice)

Philippe Pétain

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Laval

Self (archive footage)

Léon Blum

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Joffre

Self (archive footage)

Ferdinand Foch

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Poincaré

Self (archive footage)

Georges Clemenceau

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

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