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The Sorrow and the Pity (French: Le Chagrin et la Pitié) is a two-part 1969 documentary film by Marcel Ophüls about the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II. The film uses interviews with a German officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature of and reasons for collaboration. The reasons include antisemitism, anglophobia, fear of Bolsheviks and Soviet invasion, the desire for power, and simple caution.
Original Release
09/18/1969
US Release
03/25/1972
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 | Himself - Former Prime Minister of 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 / (also archive footage) (as Lord Avon) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 | Himself - Former Prime Minister of 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 / (also archive footage) (as Lord Avon) |
| Sepp Dietrich | Self, SS commander |
| Roger Tounze | Self, journalist for La Montage newspaper based in Clermont-Ferrand |
| Adolf Hitler | Self |
| Albert Speer | Self |
| Mr. Leiris | self, Former Mayor Of Combronde |
| Christian de la Mazière | self, an aristocratic ex-fascist and Veteran of the French division of the Waffen SS |
| Philippe Pétain | Self |
| Georges Bidault | Himself / Self |
| Jacques Duclos | self, former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party / Himself |
| Charles Braun | Self, restaurateur, Clermont-Ferrand |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Charles-Henri Favrod | Producer |
| Alain de Sedouy | Producer |
| André Harris | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1972 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
