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Le chagrin et la pitie : chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation = The sorrow and the pity : chronicle of a French city under the Occupation / un film de Marcel Ophuls ; production, Andre Harris, Alain de Sedouy (T.V. Rencontre) ; scénario et interviews, Marcel Ophuls, Andre Harris ; réalisation, Marcel Ophuls ; Television Rencontre, Norddeutscher Rundfunkt, Television Suisse Romande.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Milestone cinematheque
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- France.
- Clermont-Ferrand (France)--History.
- Clermont-Ferrand (France).
- World War, 1939-1945--France--Clermont-Ferrand.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.
- Jews--France--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Collaborationists.
- War--Underground movements.
- War and motion pictures.
- France--Clermont-Ferrand.
- Genre:
- French language films.
- German language films.
- Documentary films.
- Historical films.
- History.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (251 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- DVD 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- [United States] : Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2011]
- Other Title:
- English and container title: Sorrow and the pity : chronicle of a French city under the Occupation
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2011]
- Language Note:
- In French and German; with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; stereo.
- digital optical stereo
- videodisc NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- Through interviews with participants and newsreel footage, examines the occupation of France by the Germans during World War II as it occurred in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. Concentrates on the themes of collaboration and resistance.
- Contents:
- Part one. Collapse (122 min.)
- Part two. Choice (128 min.).
- Part one: The collapse. Two brothers
- The arrival of the Germans
- A changing political climate
- The legion of companions
- The Marshall's visit ; Discussing the French & British navies
- Race ideology
- Franco-German economic collaboration
- The written word
- On trial for desertion
- Work, family & nation
- The French drama ; Anti-semitic films
- The resistance in Auvergne.
- Part two: The choice. Clermont remembered
- Almost too nice
- The resistance and Allied forces
- The various levels of French society
- The early resistance
- The black sheep
- The issue of communism
- De Gaulle and the free French
- The words of Laval ; Anti-semitism
- A visit to Sigmaringen Castle
- Defeating Bolshevism
- Different states of mind
- The price of a wig
- Judge & jury.
- Participant:
- Marcel Ophuls, interviewer ; Pierre Mendes-France, Sir Anthony Eden, Claude Levy, Denis Rake, Alexis and Louis Grave, Maurice Chevalier.
- Credits:
- Photography, Andre Gazut, Jürgen Thieme; editing, Claude Vajda ; music, the voice of Maurice Chevalier.
- Notes:
- Originally made for French television in 1969 but not broadcast ; released theatrically in France in 1971.
- "Woody Allen presents"--Container.
- Includes theatrical trailers.
- 1971 Academy Award nominee for Best Feature Documentary Film.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781933920283
- 1933920289
- OCLC:
- 752817867
- Publisher Number:
- 784148007441
- MILE0074 Milestone Film & Video
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