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

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 (28)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

V

Vincent Lowy

Self - Historian

Anne Sinclair

Self - Journalist

Samuel Blumenfeld

Self - Historian

Sylvie Lindeperg

Self - Historian

M

Marcel Ophüls

Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

P

Pascal Breton

Self - Producer

A

André Harris

Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

André Gazut

Self - Director of Photography

Pascal Ory

Self - Historian

H

Henry Rousso

Self - Historian

Laurent Joly

Self - Historian

C

Claude Vajda

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

C

Claus Leggewie

Self - Political Scientist

Simone Veil

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate

A

Antoine Spire

Self - Journalist

V

Vincent Malle

Self - Distributor

H

Hélène Mouchard-Zay

Self - Jean Zay's Daughter

H

Henri Leclerc

Self - Lawyer

A

Annette Lévy-Willard

Self - Journalist

A

Antoine Silber

Self - Journalist

F

François Heilbronn

Self - Professor

C

Charles-Henri Favrod

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

D

Denis Rake

Self (archive footage) - Secret Agent, Interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic

Michel Ciment

Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

C

Catherine Ellsberg

Self - Professor

R

Robert O. Paxton

Self (archive footage) - Historian

P

Pierre-André Teitgen

Self (archive footage) - Member of Resistance

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