The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)

March 20th, 20241h 2min

Documentary, History, TV Movie
85%

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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