The sorrow and the pity : chronicle of a French city under the occupation / Marcel Ophuls [Recurso electrónico - Película]

Guión : André Harris, Marcel Ophuls; fotografía : André Gazut y Jürgen Thieme; múscia : la voz de Maurice Chevalier

Elenco: Pierre Mendès-France, Sir Anthony Eden, Claude Levy, Denis Rake, Alexis y Louis Grave y Maurice Chevalier.

Part one: THE COLLPASE / Part two: THE CHOICE. In 1969 this epic account of France under the Nazi occupation aponed at a tiny theater on the Left Bank of Paris. This documentary, wich had already been refused by french TV, was immediately hailed as one of the most moving and influential films of all times. The Sorrow and the Pity went on to garner international acclaim-including an Oscar nomination and a recurring homage in Woody Allen's Anie Hall. Director Marcel Ophuls combined interviews and archival film footage to explore the reality of the French occupation in one small industrial city, Clermint.Ferrand. He spke with resistance fighters, collaboratirs, spies, farmers, government officials, writers, artists and veterans. The rsult is a shattering portrait of how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances. By turns gripping, horrifying and inspiring, The Sorrow and the Pity is a triumph of humanist filmmaking and a testament to the power of cinema. Totally unavailable for more than 15 years, this new version features complete subtitles for the first time ever.

DVD, Dolby Digital,

Audio en Francés con subtítulos en inglés.

BAFTA award won for best foreign TV programme. Kansas City Film Critics Circle award won for best docuemtnary. National Board of Review USA award won for Best Foreign Laguage Film and Top Foreign Films. New York Film Critics Circle awar won for the year's best documentary.