Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders
Search results
The Sorrow and the Pity (French: Le Chagrin et la Pitié) is a two-part 1969 documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II. The film uses interviews with a German officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand.
Mar 25, 1972 · The Sorrow and the Pity: Directed by Marcel Ophüls. With Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave. An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
- (4.1K)
- Documentary, History, War
- Marcel Ophüls
- 1972-03-25
May 14, 2004 · Condensing over 80 hours of footage into a four-hour film about the Nazi occupation of France, director Marcel Ophuls offers an exhaustive collection of interviews, archive footage and newsreel...
What “The Sorrow and the Pity” does more brilliantly than anything else is to avoid abstractions and give its human portraits of people who tried to land on their feet during chaotic times. There are unforgettable scenes. Pierre Mendes-France recalls his prison break during the war.
Marcel Ophüls’s The Sorrow and the Pity is a veritable chorus of disparate voices and striking faces, exquisitely juxtaposed in a way that challenges the once widely accepted notion of a strong...
- (32)
- Marcel Ophüls
- PG
- Documentary
Jan 20, 2021 · The period (1940-44) is so recently past that it’s still possible to delve into the psychology of history: The Sorrow and the Pity is about the effects of character upon political action. It’s one of the most demanding movies ever made — four hours and twenty minutes of concentrated attention.
Jul 11, 2022 · We learn of the narrow escape of French politicians to Morocco en route to London and the excruciating decision of British leaders to bomb the French fleet in Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria (then a French...
