The Sorrow And The Pity (1972) On DVD

Actor:           Emmanuel D'Astier De La Vigerie, Georges Bidault, Rene de Chambrun                        
Director:      Marcel Ophüls
Genre:          Foreign Video - French
Year:             1972
Studio:          Milestone
Length:         251
Released:    June 21, 2011
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              Black & White
Language:    French, German
Subtitles  :    English

DESCRIPTION:

A chronicle of a French city under the occupation. Director Marcel Ophuls combined interviews and archival film footage to explore the reality of the French occupation in one small industrial city, Clermont-Ferrand. He spoke with resistance fighters, collaborators, spies, farmers, government officials, writers, artists and veterans. The result is a shattering portrait of how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances. By turns gripping, horrifying, and inspiring, Academy Award nominee The Sorrow and the Pity is a triumph of humanist filmmaking and a testament to the power of cinema. Before Shoah, Schindler's List, The Long Way Home, and The Last Days, there was The Sorrow and the Pity.