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

— 62 min - Documentary, History, TV Movie - 20 marzo 2024
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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.

Director:  Joseph Beauregard
Stars:  Vincent Lowy, Anne Sinclair, Samuel Blumenfeld, Sylvie Lindeperg, Marcel Ophüls, Pascal Breton, André Harris, André Gazut, Pascal Ory, Henry Rousso, Laurent Joly, Claude Vajda, Claus Leggewie, Simone Veil, Antoine Spire, Vincent Malle, Hélène Mouchard-Zay, Henri Leclerc, Annette Lévy-Willard, Antoine Silber, François Heilbronn, Charles-Henri Favrod, Denis Rake, Georges Pompidou, Michel Ciment, Catherine Ellsberg, Robert O. Paxton, Pierre-André Teitgen

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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.

Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie

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Country:   France
Language:  French
Release Date:  20 marzo 2024

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Production Companies:  Les Films du Tambour de soie, ARTE

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Runtime:  1 h 02 min
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