The Sorrow and the Pity

📊 Series Specifications

Network Das Erste
Episode Runtime ~122 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 2
Original Language FR
Creator Marcel Ophüls

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Created by Marcel Ophüls
⭐ 4.0 / 5 (23 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 2 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary, War & Politics 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 The Collapse

When France is defeated by Germany in 1940, certain political factions decide to support the creation of the Vichy regime, headed by Marshal Pétain, while resistance against the invaders emerges.

E2 The Choice

The different French political factions decide either to resist more openly or to collaborate with the Nazis.