The Sorrow and the Pity (Le chagrin et la pitié) (1969)

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Directed by

Marcel Ophüls

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Helmut Tausend
Self, former Wehrmacht Captain

Marcel Verdier
Self, pharmacist in Clermont-Ferrand

Alexis Grave
Self, Yronde farmer

Louis Grave
Self, Yronde farmer, Résistance Fighter

Pierre Mendès-France
Self, Former Prime Minister Of France

Emile Coulaudon
Self, Former Head of the Auvergne Maquis

Anthony Eden
Self, Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945

Roger Tounze
Self, journalist for La Montage newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand

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10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 17 23:35

fernando

(OK) Id very good, Ophuls has the witnesses,the personalities (Anthony Eden, Pierre Mendes...), the right and left and hipocrites and sincere people, proving that there´s no black and white heroism in war...

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Description: From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and fear of Bolsheviks, to simple caution. Part one, "The Collapse," includes an extended interview with Pierre Mendès-France, jailed for anti-Vichy action and later France's Prime Minister. At the heart of part two, "The Choice," is an interview with Christian de la Mazière, one of 7,0 ... (more)

UPC: 014381952629

Tags: France (5), Documentary (4), French (2), Fascism (2), World War II (2), Interviews (2), Opportunism (1), Political Leader (1), Essential Cinema (1), Village People (1), French Soldier (1), Ex Soldier (1), Occupied Nation (1), World War Two (1), Nazi Soldier (1), Foreign Films (1), Reminiscence (1), War Footage (1), Sort (1), News Footage (1)

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fernando posted a review 10 months, 2 weeks ago

“(OK) Id very good, Ophuls has the witnesses,the personalities (Anthony Eden, Pierre Mendes...), the right and left and hipocrites and sincere people, proving that there´s no black and white heroism in war...” read more