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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.
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.
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.
Jul 11, 2022 · In “The Sorrow and the Pity,” Ophuls—making his first feature-length documentary—tells a vast and intricate story in a form that now seems classical, even hackneyed.
Apr 21, 2024 · The documentary film "The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) by Marcel Ophuls triggered a scandal in a France still traumatised by the German Occupation.
A triumph of on-the-ground filmmaking, THE SORROW AND THE PITY remains gripping, appalling, and exhilarating for its transparent view upon humanity. Director Marcel Ophüls
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Marcel Ophuls' The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) is an absorbing portrait of the complexities of survival, resistance or capitulation in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War. This newly restored film features exhaustive interviews with enough intriguing figures to fill a dozen spy novels.
