The Sorrow and the Pity

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The Sorrow and the Pity – Marcel Ophuls (Blu-ray / Normal) – 20170626

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Powerful documentary originally made for French television in 1969 by director Marcel Ophuls. The film chronicles the Nazi occupation of France from 1940 to 1944, using archive footage such as propagandist newsreels and footage of Maurice Chevalier singing for the German troops, coupled with personal interviews with French Resistance fighters and former German officers as well as government officials, spies, war veterans and ordinary citizens. Focusing in particular on the occupation of one small French industrial city, Clermont-Ferand, the film asks probing questions about the anti-Semitism and xenophobia prevalent in French society at the time. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1972, and was famously used by Woody Allen as a leitmotif in his film ‘Annie Hall’.

Additional information

Artist Name

Contributor

Alain de Sedouy (Producer), André Harris (Producer), André Harris (Writer), Claude Levy (Subject), Edward Spears (Subject), Georges Bidault (Subject), Henri Rochat (Subject), Marcel Ophuls (Director), Marcel Ophuls (Writer), R. du Jonchay (Actor), René de Chambrun (Actor)

Format

Blu-Ray

Genre

Documentary, Feature

Label

Arrow Academy

Number-of-discs

1

Publisher

Arrow Films

Release-year

2017

Duration

249.00

Sleeve Grading

Mint

Unit Type

Blu-ray

Unit Quantity

1

MPN

5027035016221

Catalogue Number

FCD1453

Run Time

249

Record Grading

Mint

Colour

Standard

Director

Marcel Marcel Ophuls

Cast

R. R. du Jonchay, René René de Chambrun

Certificate

E

Production Year

1969

Runtime

249

Country Of Origin

France, Germany, Switz

Film Format

BLU-RAY

Film Imprint

Arrow Academy

Film Publisher

Arrow Films

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