The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
- Directed by
- Marcel Ophuls
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 4h 11m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary about the Nazi occupation of France during World War II focuses on the town of Clermont-Ferrand. It includes interviews with people involved in collaboration and resistance. They discuss their reasons for cooperating with the Germans.
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What happens
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. The film uses interviews with a German officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature of and reasons for collaboration, including antisemitism, Anglophobia, fear of Bolsheviks and Soviet invasion, and the desire for power. The title comes from a comment by interviewee Marcel Verdier, a pharmacist in Montferrat, Isère, who says "the two emotions I experienced the most [during the Nazi occupation] were sorrow and pity". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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