The Sorrow and the Pity Movie Review 1971

A classic documentary depicting the life of a small French town and its resistance during the Nazi occupation. Lengthy, but totally compelling. A great documentary that brings home the atrocities of war. In French with English narration.

Distribution

Milestone Film & Video, PO Box 128, Harrington Park, NJ 07640-0128, Phone: (201)767-3117, Toll-free: 800-603-1104, Fax: (201)767-3035, Email: milefilms@aol.com, URL: http://www.milestonefilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 265 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Judaism, World War II

Cast

Pierre Mendes-France, Anthony Eden, Claude Levy, Denis Rake, Louis Grave, Maurice Chevalier

Cinematography

Mandre Gazut, Jurgen Thieme

Director

Marcel Ophuls

Producer

Cinema 5