The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France (2024)
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.
Director: Joseph Beauregard
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Vincent Lowy as Self - Historian |
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Anne Sinclair as Self - Journalist |
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Samuel Blumenfeld as Self - Historian |
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Sylvie Lindeperg as Self - Historian |
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Marcel Ophüls as Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié") |
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Pascal Breton as Self - Producer |
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André Harris as Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié") |
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André Gazut as Self - Director of Photography |
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Pascal Ory as Self - Historian |
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Henry Rousso as Self - Historian |
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Laurent Joly as Self - Historian |
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Claude Vajda as Self (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié") |
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Claus Leggewie as Self - Political Scientist |
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Simone Veil as Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate |
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Antoine Spire as Self - Journalist |
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Vincent Malle as Self - Distributor |
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Hélène Mouchard-Zay as Self - Jean Zay's Daughter |
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Henri Leclerc as Self - Lawyer |
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Annette Lévy-Willard as Self - Journalist |
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Antoine Silber as Self - Journalist |
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François Heilbronn as Self - Professor |
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Charles-Henri Favrod as Self (voice) (archive sound) - Producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié") |
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Denis Rake as Self (archive footage) - Secret Agent, Interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié") |
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Georges Pompidou as Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic |
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Michel Ciment as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic |
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Catherine Ellsberg as Self - Professor |
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Robert O. Paxton as Self (archive footage) - Historian |
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Pierre-André Teitgen as Self (archive footage) - Member of Resistance |
| Directing | Joseph Beauregard | Director |
