Name: The Sorrow and the Pity
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Released: 1971
Rating: 78
Cast: Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Jacques Duclos, Anthony Eden, Pierre Mendès France

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Chronicle of a French City under the Occupation

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration between France’s Vichy government and Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1944.

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Genres: Historical Documentary
Mood: TenseInformativeNostalgicContemplativeSerious
Themes: Human ResilienceThe Horrors Of WarHistorical PerspectiveLife During Wartime
Plot: Survival StrategiesResistance MovementsPersonal NarrativesCivilian ExperiencesHistorical Archive FootageLiberation CelebrationsDaily Life Under OccupationWartime Diary
Narrative: Linear NarrativeHistorical Context
Dialog: Narrative Voiceover
Character Types: Narrator
Time: 1950sWorld War Ii1940s
Place: Urban CityscapeWartime EuropeFrance
Cinematic Style: Handheld Camera WorkBlack And White CinematographyArchival Footage
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate AttireWartime Settings

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Directed by:

Marcel Ophüls

Written by:

André Harris, Marcel Ophüls

Produced by:

Charles-Henri Favrod, André Harris, Alain de Sedouy

Cast

Jacques Duclos

Self - former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party

Anthony Eden

Self - Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945

Pierre Mendès France

Self - Former Prime Minister of France

Maurice Chevalier

Self - Denies Making Tour of Germany (archive footage)

Marcel Ophüls

Self - Interviewer

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