The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Film details

Featuring

Marcel Ophüls André Harris Georges Bidault
Countries

Switzerland Federal Republic of Germany
Year

1969
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Alternative titles

Le CHAGRIN ET LA PITIÉ Original French
The SORROW AND THE SHAME Alternative

Synopsis

Documentary (interviews and newsreels) retracing the historical events of World War II during the German occupation of France. The film particularly centres round the town of Clermont-Ferrand where the Vichy regime was located.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - interviewer
    
    Marcel Ophüls
  - interviewer
    
    André Harris
  - interviewee
    
    Georges Bidault
  - interviewee
    
    Matthäus Bleibinger
  - interviewee
    
    Charles Braun
  - interviewee
    
    Maurice Buckmaster
  - interviewee
    
    Emile Coulaudon
  - interviewee
    
    Emmanuel d' Astier De La Vigerie
  - interviewee
    
    Chamburn, Comte René de
  - interviewee
    
    Christian de la Mazière
  - interviewee
    
    Jacques Duclos
  - interviewee
    
    Du Jonchay, Colonel R.
  - interviewee
    
    Anthony Eden
  - interviewee
    
    Marcel Fouche-Degliame
  - interviewee
    
    Raphael Germiniani
  - interviewee
    
    Alexis Grave
  - interviewee
    
    Louis Grave
  - interviewee
    
    Georges Lamirand
  - interviewee
    
    Pierre Le Calvez
  - interviewee
    
    Claude Levy
  - interviewee
    
    Pierre Mendès-France
  - interviewee
    
    Elmar Michel
  - interviewee
    
    Denis Rake
  - interviewee
    
    Henri Rochat
  - interviewee
    
    Paul Schmidt
  - interviewee
    
    Edward Spears
  - interviewee
    
    Helmut Tausend
  - interviewee
    
    Roger Tounze
  - interviewee
    
    Marcel Verdier
  - interviewee
    
    Walter Warlimont
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Marcel Ophüls
  - Production Company
    
    NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk
  - Production Company
    
    Société Suisse De Radiodiffusion
  - Producer
    
    Alain de Sedouy
  - Producer
    
    André Harris
  - Assistant Director
    
    Claude Vajda
  - Script
    
    Marcel Ophüls
  - Script
    
    André Harris
  - Photography
    
    André Gazut
  - Photography
    
    Jürgen Thieme
  - Camera Assistant
    
    Alain Demartines
  - Editor
    
    Claude Vajda
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Heidi Endruwelt
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Wiebke Vogler
  - Sound Recording
    
    Bernard Migy
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Wolfgang Schröter
  - English Version
    
    Robert Rietti

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