The Sorrow and the Pity
0 %|Sep 18, 1969|Documentary
An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of Nazi invasion.
Marcel Ophüls
Creator
André Harris
Creator
Alain de Sedouy
Creator
André Gazut
Creator
Jürgen Thieme
Creator
Claude Vajda
Creator
Wolfgang Theile
Creator
Claude Vajda
Creator
Cast
Helmut Tausend
Self, former Wehrmacht Captain
Marcel Verdier
Self, pharmacist in Clermont-Ferrand
Alexis Grave
Self, Yronde farmer
Louis Grave
Self, Yronde farmer, Résistance Fighter
Pierre Mendès France
Self, Former Prime Minister Of France
Emile Coulaudon
Self, Former Head of the Auvergne Maquis
Walter Warlimont
Self, General, adjutant to the Wehrmacht Supreme Command
Georg Stumme
Self, general in the Wehrmacht
Tausend
Self
Anthony Eden
Self, Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945
Sepp Dietrich
Self, SS commander (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Albert Speer
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Leiris
Self, Former Mayor Of Combronde
André Harris
Self, interviewer
Philippe Pétain
Self
Georges Bidault
Self
Jacques Duclos
Self, former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party
Charles Braun
Self, restaurateur, Clermont-Ferrand
Edward Spears
Self
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
Self (archive footage)
Paul Schmidt
Self, Adolf Hitler's chief interpreter
Bruno Fritz
Self (archive footage)
Edouard Lefèbvre
Self, 110,000th French worker in Nazi Germany (archive footage)
Elmar Michel
Self, chairman of Salamander Shoes
R. Du Jonchay
Self, Colonel, Head of the Résistance Movement
Jean Louis Gontier de Vasse
Self, pilot-sergeant (archive footage)
Henri Rochat
Self, defense Lawyer for Pierre Mendès France
Georges Lamirand
Self, Minister of Youth, 1941-43
Alphonse de Chateaubriant
Self (archive footage)
Charles Laville
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Danton
Self, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
Monsieur Dionnet
Self, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
Marius Klein
Self, shopkeeper, Clermont-Ferrand
Bernard Natan
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Le Calvez
Self, cinema owner, Clermont-Ferrand
Albert Préjean
Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
Self (archive footage)
Suzy Delair
Self (archive footage)
Junie Astor
Self (archive footage)
Viviane Romance
Self (archive footage)
Reinhard Heydrich
Self (archive footage)
René Bousquet
Self - with Laval (archive footage)
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
Self (archive footage)
Fernand de Brinon
Self (archive footage)
Raphaël Géminiani
Self - Champion Professional Cyclist
Monsieur Mioche
Self, Hotelier in Royat
Flight Sergeant Evans
Self, retired British pilot
Denis Rake
Self, British Secret Agent in occupied France
Maurice Buckmaster
Self, Former Head of the British Espionage Network
Marcel Ophüls
Self, interviewer
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
Self, Founder of the Liberation Résistance Movement
Marcel Fouche-Degliame
Self, Director of the Combat Movement
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Doriot
Self, head of the Fascist French Popular Party (archive footage)
René de Chambrun
Self, International Lawyer
Pierre Laval
Self, French Minister of State (archive footage)
Claude Levy
Self - Author and Biologist
Commandant Menut
Self, member of the French Résistance
Matthäus Bleibinger
Self - Wehrmacht Soldier in the Auvergne
Madame Solange
Self, beautician
Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie
Self (archive footage)
Raymond Guyot
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
Self - Denies Making Tour of Germany (archive footage)