Fresh
It's valuable mainly as a brilliant assemblage of documents and testimonies.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Sorrow and the Pity
Chronicle of a French City under the Occupation
1969 · 4h 11m · PG
Documentary, History, War
Directed by
Marcel Ophüls
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Marcel Ophüls Director
- Georges Bidault as Himself
- Matthäus Bleibinger as Himself
- Jacques Duclos as Himself
- Anthony Eden as (also archive footage) (as Lord Avon)
- Pierre Mendès France as Himself - Former Prime Minister of France
- Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie as Himself - Founder of the Liberation Movement
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In its complexity, its humanity, its refusal to find easy solutions, this is one of the greatest documentaries ever made.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It soberly spotlights history -- impressively human, not pedantic, levels.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
It remains the preeminent documentary about historical tragedy and one of the most exhilaratingly demanding experiences the movies have ever offered.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The postwar, Gaullist myth of massive French resistance to fascism has long since been destroyed, yet The Sorrow and the Pity retains its shattering power as an interrogation of memory.
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice
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