

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024, French. Directed by Joseph Beauregard.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Joseph BeauregardDirector
- Vincent LowySelf - Historian
- Anne SinclairSelf - Journalist
- Samuel BlumenfeldSelf - Historian
- Sylvie LindepergSelf - Historian
- Marcel OphülsSelf (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
- Pascal BretonSelf - Producer
- André HarrisSelf - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
- André GazutSelf - Director of Photography
- Pascal OrySelf - Historian
- Henry RoussoSelf - Historian
- Laurent JolySelf - Historian
- Claude VajdaSelf (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Details
- Released
- 20 March 2024
- Original title
- « Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée
- Country
- France
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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024) was directed by Joseph Beauregard and stars Vincent Lowy, Anne Sinclair, Samuel Blumenfeld.