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The Sorrow and the Pity(Movie, 1969)

Original title: "Das Haus nebenan − Chronik einer französischen Stadt im Kriege" (German/DE)
4h 11min | Genres: Documentary, History, War
The Sorrow and the PityRating: 3.8/5 (with 2727 votes)
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". ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Sorrow and the Pity

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

About The Sorrow and the Pity

From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and fear of Bolsheviks, to simple caution. Part one, "The Collapse," includes an extended interview with Pierre Mendès-France, jailed for anti-Vichy action and later France's Prime Minister. At the heart of part two, "The Choice," is an interview with Christian de la Mazière, one of 7,000 French youth to fight on the eastern front wearing German uniforms.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Switzerland, Germany
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: German (DE), French (FR)
Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/14/1971
Cast: Anthony Eden, Christian de la Mazière, Denis Rake, Edward Spears, Émile Coulaudon, Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, Georges Bidault, Georges Lamirand, Jacques Duclos, Marcel Degliame, Marcel Ophuls, Paul Schmidt, Pierre Mendès France, Raphaël Géminiani, René de Chambrun, Walter Warlimont, Henri Rochat
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Producer: Charles-Henri Favrod
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Le Chagrin et la Pitié"
"A Tristeza e a Piedade"
"Le chagrin et la pitié - Chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation"
"O oiktos kai i thlipsi"
"The Choice"
"The Collapse"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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