The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by the German occupation during World War II, because it shattered the myth, cultivated by the followers of President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), of a united France that had supposedly stood firm in the face of the ruthless invaders.
Michel Ciment
Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film CriticAnne Sinclair
Self - JournalistMarcel Ophüls
Self (archive footage) - Director ("Le Chagrin et la Pitié")Georges Pompidou
Self (archive footage) - President of the French RepublicPascal Breton
Self - ProducerVincent Malle
Self - DistributorAndré Gazut
Self - Director of PhotographySimone Veil
Self (voice) (archive sound) - Magistrate