The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
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An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of Nazi invasion.
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Release DateSeptember 18, 1969
Original NameDas Haus nebenan - Chronik einer französischen Stadt im Kriege
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes2
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The Sorrow and the Pity (French: Le Chagrin et la Pitié) 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.
The title comes from a comment by interviewee Marcel Verdier, a pharmacist in Montferrat, Isère, who says "the two emotions I experienced the most [during the Nazi occupation] were sorrow and pity".