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.
Production Companies
Les Films du Tambour de soie, ARTE
Languages
French
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
Laurent Joly
Self - historian
Claude Vajda
Self (voice) (archive) - assistant and editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Claus Leggewie
Self - political scientist
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive) - magistrate
Antoine Spire
Self - journalist
