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Feature film — 2024

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)

8.01h 2mDocumentary — History — TV Movie

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.

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A high-signal pick with 5 votes.

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Director: Joseph Beauregard

On screen

Cast & crew

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Vincent Lowy

Self - Historian

Anne Sinclair as Self - Journalist

Anne Sinclair

Self - Journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld as Self - Historian

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg as 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 as Self - Director of Photography

André Gazut

Self - Director of Photography

Pascal Ory as Self - Historian

Pascal Ory

Self - Historian

H

Henry Rousso

Self - Historian

Laurent Joly as Self - Historian

Laurent Joly

Self - Historian

C

Claude Vajda

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

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