---
title: 'The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marcel Ophuls'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 251
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sorrow-and-the-pity-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066904/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

1969 · 251 min · Documentary · Germany, France

Original title: Le Chagrin et la Pitié

## Synopsis

The Sorrow and the Pity is a two-part 1969 documentary film by Marcel Ophuls 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, including antisemitism, Anglophobia, fear of Bolsheviks and Soviet invasion, and the desire for power.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- **Screenplay:** [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls), [André Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-harris)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Chevalier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-chevalier)
- **Producer:** [Charles-Henri Favrod](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-henri-favrod)

## Cast

- [Jacques Duclos](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-duclos)
- [Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-d-astier-de-la-vigerie)
- [Walter Warlimont](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-warlimont)
- [Christian de La Mazière](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-de-la-maziere)
- [Émile Coulaudon](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-coulaudon)
- [Pierre Mendès France](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-mendes-france)
- [Marcel Degliame](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-degliame)
- [Denis Rake](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-rake)
- [Henri Rochat](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-rochat)
- [Georges Lamirand](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-lamirand)
- [Marcel Ophuls](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-ophuls)
- [René de Chambrun](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-de-chambrun)
- [Anthony Eden](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-eden)
- [Georges Bidault](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-bidault)
- [Raphaël Géminiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/raphael-geminiani)

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