The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

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

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")

Claus LeggewieSelf - Political Scientist

Simone VeilSelf (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate

Antoine SpireSelf - Journalist