The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)
• March 20th, 2024 • 1h 2min
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Overview
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.
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