The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity

Marcel Ophuls
The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity

Marcel Ophuls

DVD (Subtitled)

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Overview

This four-hour long documentary, which concerns French cooperation and collaboration with the German Nazi occupation in World War II, was originally contracted by French state television. When they saw footage from it, French TV refused to air it or have anything to do with it. It was too damning, and shot holes into too many fond but incorrect notions (i.e., that the Resistance was all-pervasive in France). Indeed, the filmmakers were more-or-less blacklisted and thereafter could not work in French television. Still incomplete, it was finished with the help of Swiss and German state television, and it proved to be a huge success in Switzerland and West Germany. When it was finally shown in movie theaters in France, it had, unexpectedly, a very successful run there as well. While it still excites controversy in France, this documentary inspired the work of filmmaker Louis Malle (Lacombe Lucien) and others. The English-language release goes under the name The Sorrow and the Pity.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/28/2011
UPC: 0784148007441
Original Release: 1971
Source: Milestone Video
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 4:11:00
Sales rank: 6,000

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Technical Credits
Marcel Ophuls Director
Claude Nedjar Producer
Marcel Ophüls Screenwriter,Producer
André Harris Screenwriter
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