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Original Title: « Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée
Status
Released
Release
2024
Runtime
1h 2m
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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.
28 Cast Members
Vincent Lowy
Self - Historian
Anne Sinclair
Self - Journalist
Samuel Blumenfeld
Self - Historian
Sylvie Lindeperg
Self - Historian
Marcel Ophüls
Self (archive footage) - 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 sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Claus Leggewie
Self - Political Scientist
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate
Antoine Spire
Self - Journalist
Vincent Malle
Self - Distributor
Hélène Mouchard-Zay
Self - Jean Zay's Daughter
Henri Leclerc
Self - Lawyer
Annette Lévy-Willard
Self - Journalist
Antoine Silber
Self - Journalist
