The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
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.
Anne Sinclair
Self - Journalist
Sylvie Lindeperg
Self - Historian
Pascal Ory
Self - Historian
Henry Rousso
Self - Historian
Claus Leggewie
Self - Political Scientist
Simone Veil
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate
Antoine Spire
Self - Journalist
Hélène Mouchard-Zay
Self - Jean Zay's Daughter
Henri Leclerc
Self - Lawyer
Antoine Silber
Self - Journalist
François Heilbronn
Self - Professor
Denis Rake
Self (archive footage) - Secret Agent, Interviewee ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")
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