The Sorrow and the Pity

Overview

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.

Created by Marcel Ophüls

Network

• Das Erste

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• Marcel Ophüls

  Self - Interviewer

  2 eps

• André Harris

  Self - Interviewer

  2 eps

• Solange Azan

  Self

  2 eps

• Georges Bidault

  Self

  2 eps

• Matthäus Bleibinger

  Self

Themes

• vichy regime
• world war ii
• nazi collaborationism
• nazi occupation
• occupied france (1940-44)
• political documentary
• french history
• war documentary
• historical war

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