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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Movie"Chronicle of a French city under the Occupation"
NR 4 hr 11 minJan 1st, 1969War, Documentary, History
From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and fear of Bolsheviks, to simple caution.
StarringHelmut TausendMarcel VerdierAlexis Grave

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