The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

2024· 62 min★ 6.9· Documentary, 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.

Cast: Vincent Lowy, Anne Sinclair, Samuel Blumenfeld

Director: Joseph Beauregard