THE SORROW AND THE PITY
aka LE CHAGRIN ET LA PITIe

Year: 1969
UK: NFT
Cast: Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun, Maurice Buckmaster, Emile Coulaudon, Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, Comte Rene de Chambrun, Christian de la Maziere, Jacques Duclos, Colonel R du Jonchay, Anthony Eden, Sgt. Evans, Marcel Fouche-Degliame, Raphael Geminiani, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave, Marius Klein, Georges Lamirand, Pierre Le Calvez, Mr Leiris, Dr Claude Levy, Pierre Mendes-France, Cmdt. Menut, Elmar Michel, Mr Mioche, Marcel Ophuls, Denis Rake, Henri Rochat, Paul Schmidt, Mme Solange, Edward Spears, Helmut Tausend, Roger Tounze, Marcel Verdier, Walter Warlimont
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Countries: France / Switzerland / West Germany
Language: French (English subtitles)
UK: 265 mins
UK Certificate: Part 1: PG contains mild sex references and nudity. Part 2: 12A contains moderate images and descriptions of real violence
USA Release Date: 21 May 2004 (Limited Re-release)

Synopsis

During 1969 director Marcel Ophuls interviewed a wide cross-section of inhabitants of the provincial town of Clermont-Ferrand in France about how they'd lived their lives during the Vichy regime when the Nazis occupied France during World War II. The film was interspersed with substantial extracts from French and German newsreel and archive footage. What resulted was a challenging film that was disowned by the original producer and sidelined by French television.