
The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by the German occupation during World War II, because it shattered the myth, cultivated by the followers of President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), of a united France that had supposedly stood firm in the face of the ruthless invaders.
Self - Historian
Self - Journalist

Self - Historian

Self - Historian

Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")

Self - Producer
Self - Co-Author ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self - Director of Photography

Self - Historian

Self - Historian
Self - Historian

Self (voice) (archive sound) - Assistant and Editor ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self - Political Scientist
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate

Self - Journalist
Self - Distributor
Self - Jean Zay's Daughter
Self - Lawyer
Self - Journalist
Self - Journalist
Self - Professor
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Producer ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self (archive footage) - Secret Agent, Interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic

Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

Self - Professor
Self (archive footage) - Historian
Self (archive footage) - Member of Resistance