You even knew some of their secrets, and what they privately think of one another. The sorrow and the pity is a twopart 1969 documentary film by marcel ophuls about the collaboration between the vichy government and nazi germany during wor. Marcel ophuls this twopart look at the collaboration between the. The film was nominated for an academy award for best documentary in 1972, and was famously used by woody allen as a leitmotif in his film annie hall. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. The sorrow and the pity, a 55minute debate that followed the films belated 1981 french television premiere, in which ophuls and historians henri amouroux and alain guerin discuss the film and the issues that it raises with an audience of students from clermontferrand.
Woody allen presents marcel ophuls the sorrow and the pity. Rent the sorrow and the pity 1972 on dvd and bluray. Find similar and related movies for the sorrow and the pity 1971 marcel ophuls on allmovie. The sorrow and the pity where to stream and watch decider. To watch the full film, go to pity from the moment it was first released at a tiny left bank. The sorrow and the pity 1971 marcel ophuls synopsis. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The sorrow and the pity us uk, dvd bluray comparison.
Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and is used in a comparable sense to compassion, condolence or empathy the word deriving from the latin pietas etymon also of piety. On the sorrow and the pity by stanley hoffmann, commentary. Like shoah, the sorrow and the pity is a movie that fully captures the power of talking heads. Visible ink press, 1999 marcel ophulss great 1971 the sorrow and the pity is the result of the questioning of a widely held belief that every man, woman and child who lived in nazioccupied france either joined the resistance or helped it. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Made for french television, marcel ophuls fourhourplus documentary explores the average french citizens memories of the nazi occupation. The sorrow and the pity is a 1969 film directed by marcel ophuls it is a documentary recounting the history of frances defeat in world war ii and the following four years in which france was occupied by the germans and governed by the nazifriendly vichy france regime of marshal phillipe petain. Find out everything empire knows about sorrow and the pity, the. The sorrow and the pity 1969 directed by marcel ophuls.
Dec 08, 2015 looking to watch the sorrow and the pity. Reversible sleeve featuring new and original artwork. The sorrow and the pity refers to one interviewees description of the emotions he felt during the. Made in 1969 and now rereleased by the nft as part of a season of films by the director marcel ophuls, the sorrow and the pity see interview is a fascinating documentary about occupied france. The sorrow and the pity 1969 fullmoviehd georges bidault, matthaus bleibinger by nglaweran kamu190. Marcel ophuls the sorrow and the pity is one of the great wwii holocaust documentaries of all time, but it takes a rather unique tact, focusing on the nazi occupation of the small industrial city clermontferrand in france.
The sorrow and the pity alights in the town of clermontferrand, 20 miles from vichy and a microcosm, one imagines, of occupied france in general. You know the inhabitants by name, and quite a few of their faces. A timely documentary series from turner classics the. The sorrow and the pity 1972 in the aftermath of world war ii, the french clung vehemently to a belief that theyand their vichy governmenthad resisted the nazi occupation of france. Only now its all the more illuminating in its original, undubbed french. The sorrow and the pity is a documentary directed by marcel ophuls. The sorrow and the pity 1969 revolution movie project. Sorrow 1973 sound and vision 1977 space oddity 1969 starman 1972 station to station 1976 sue or in a season of crime 2014 suffragette city 1972 sunday 2002 sweet thing candidate sweet thing reprise 1974 teenage wildlife 1980 the bewlay brothers 1971 the informer 20 the jean genie 1972 the laughing gnome 1967. From 1940 to 1944, frances vichy government collaborated with nazi germany. Viewed today, the sorrow and the pity still seems like the fastest four and a half hours in the history of the cinema. Marcel ophuls revealed a nuanced portrait of france and its morals. Feb 21, 2016 the sorrow and the pity 1969 a small excerpt of an interview with a clermont businessman. Dastier, in 1969, explains his bloodthirstiness of 1944 by the fact that throughout the war years he had lived in fear.
The sorrow and the pity is a twopart 1969 documentary film by marcel ophuls about the collaboration between the vichy government and nazi germany during. Marcel ophuls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a german officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters. The sorrow and the pity is an immense and truly extraordinary testimonial to humanitys infinite potential to do good or evil, but mostly to do nothing. May 21, 2004 the sorrow and the pity alights in the town of clermontferrand, 20 miles from vichy and a microcosm, one imagines, of occupied france in general. Season 1 4 1972 nr along with night and fog and shoah, marcel ophuls. These firstperson accounts of life in vichy france are by turns saddening, infuriating, horrifying, and even amusingbut always illuminating. Dec 12, 2015 the sorrow and the pity 1969 posted by zachary schultz on december 12, 2015 december 15, 2015 two part documentary on the nazi occupation of france and the vichy government. This newly restored film features exhaustive interviews with enough intriguing figures to fill a dozen spy novels. The sorrow and the pity is a 1969 french historical documentary directed by marcel ophuls. The sorrow and the pity rent movies and tv shows on dvd and.
Find out where the sorrow and the pity is streaming, if the sorrow and the pity is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Second part of ophuls brilliant, probing and patient documentary that investigates the level of nazi collaboration in a part of vichy france in wwii. The sorrow and the pity online full episodes of season 1. The sorrow and the pity 1971 marcel ophuls related. The sorrow and the pity leaves you with the peculiar feeling of having spent a good deal of time, over the years, in the small french city of clermontferrand.
The film uses interviews with a german officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from clermontferrand. Marcel ophuls landmark 1969 documentary boils it down to a more manageable 265 minutes which still amounts to an awful lot of sorrow and a veritable ocean of pity. The sorrow and the pity, a 55minute debate that followed the film s belated 1981 french television premiere, in which ophuls and historians henri amouroux and alain guerin discuss the film and the issues that it raises with an audience of students from clermontferrand. Oscarnominated documentary about the french government. The sorrow and the pity 1969 a small excerpt of an interview with a clermont businessman.
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