The Sorrow and the Pity 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 Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Directed by Marcel Ophüls
Genres - Documentary, History, War |
Release Date - Sep 18, 1969 |
Run Time - 251 min. |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Movie Info
Box Office
$13,082
Tags
Clermont-ferrand, Collaboration, Government, Le Chagrin, Nazi Collaborator, Nazi Germany, Nazi Occupation, Pitié, Second World War, Third Reich, Vichy
Attributes
Subject: World War II
Alternate Titles
A Dor e a Piedade
BR
A Tristeza e a Piedade
BR
Bánat és szánalom
HU
Brotsverk mot mennesket
NO
Le chagrin et la pitié
EC, FR, CH
Le chagrin et la pitié - Chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation
FR
O oiktos kai i thlipsi
GR
Smutek i litość
PL
Suru ja sääli
FI
The Choice
US
The Collapse
US
The Sorrow and the Pity
, AU, CA, GB, US
The Sorrow and the Shame
US
Tristeza e Compaixão
PT
悲しみと哀れみ
JP