The sorrow and the pity is a twopart 1969 documentary film by marcel ophuls about the. My rating is not for the film, which deserves five stars, but for your disrespectful presentation. Klein trailer returns to film forum friday, october 4 by film forum. Dec 08, 2015 looking to watch the sorrow and the pity. May 18, 20 the beginning of the cold war brought a new wave of anticommunist hysteria and witch hunts in the u. The sorrow and the pity is a 1969 french historical documentary directed by marcel ophuls. 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. The sorrow and the pity 1969 letterboxd social film.
May 21, 2004 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. Ophuls centers his film around the town of clermontferrand in auvergne. 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. An indepth exploration of the various reactions by the french people to the vichy governments acceptance of nazi invasion.
The first half of the film is a mosaic of sights and sounds from the years 19401944. This newly restored film features exhaustive interviews with enough intriguing figures to fill a. Reversible sleeve featuring new and original artwork. With georges bidault, matthaus bleibinger, charles braun, maurice buckmaster. Made for french television, marcel ophuls fourhourplus documentary explores the average french citizens memories of the nazi occupation. Modern scholarship confirms that the first prose sketch of the opera dates from 1857, but disputes wagners good friday claim. The sorrow and the pity narrates a painful chapter in frances history through an impressively rich mosaic of testimonies and. In 1972, it was named best foreign language film by the u. Maurice chevalier singing for the german troops, clips of propagandistic. The sorrow and the pity was a sensation when it opened, breaking the myth in france of a nation in resistance against the evils of nazism.
They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from antisemitism, xenophobia, and fear of bolsheviks, to simple caution. Rent the sorrow and the pity 1972 on dvd and bluray. Maurice chevalier singing for the german troops, clips of propagandistic newsreels, appalling vignettes from the scurrilous antisemitic film drama jew suss 1940, and the like. 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. You know the inhabitants by name, and quite a few of their faces. The documentary is particularly notable for the amount of interviews with the people involved. The sorrow and the pity 1971 in the early minutes of the film there are some readymade michael moore moments like the wellknown scene where he opens a savings account at a midwest bank in order to receive the free shotgun that apparently has replaced the complimentary toaster of days gone by. 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 nazi. The sorrow and the pity us uk, dvd bluray comparison 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. 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.
Marcel ophuls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a german officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from clermontferrand. The sorrow and the pity essay by elliot wilhelm, videohounds world cinema, detroit. The sorrow and the pity refers to one interviewees description of the emotions he felt during the occupation. Director marcel ophuls interviewed dozens of french, british, and german citizens, including soldiers, former nazis, members of the resistance and collaborators. Marcel ophuls this twopart look at the collaboration between the french government in vichy and the nazis during wwii is one of the most devastating films ever made. The sorrow and the pity us uk, dvd bluray comparison. Famously featured in woody allens annie hall, the film received an oscar nomination in 1971 for best documentary feature. Afis 100 years100 movie quotes american film institute. In 1972 he commenced a series of five films tracing.
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. But in this film, ophuls is using it as a synecdoche for frances wartime attitude toward the. 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. Equally apt in a very different role was the german bassbaritone franz grundheber, whose amfortas was a character one couldnt help but pity. This is the sorrow and the pitytheatrical trailer by mill valley film festival on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. 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. Originally created for french television in 1969, it eventually became an international success, nominated for an oscar in 1972. However, they featured many french film stars, as continental had made many french films before the war.
The sorrow and the pity where to stream and watch decider. Personal histories, collective shame news the harvard. The sorrow and the pity 1972 cast and crew moviefone. Woody allen presents marcel ophuls the sorrow and the pity. Tennielwhose posture changed from sympathy for vanquished france to. Rent the sorrow and the pity 1972 on dvd and bluray dvd. Marcel ophuls the sorrow and the pity 1971 is an absorbing portrait of the complexities of survival, resistance or capitulation in nazioccupied france during the second world war. Sorrow and the pity, the 1969 marcel ophuls the sorrow and the pity 1971 is an absorbing portrait of the complexities of survival, resistance or capitulation in nazioccupied france during the second world war. It is set in france between 1940 and 1944, the period when the vichy government was actively. The browser will either open the file, download it, or display a dialog. The film uses interviews with a german officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from clermontferrand.
They comment on the nature of and reasons for collaboration, including antisemitism, anglophobia, fear of bolsheviks. Stream all episodes of the sorrow and the pity adfree on all your favorite devices. 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. The permanent subcommittee on investigations headed by senator mccarthy took the leading role, accompanied by the house committee on unamerican activities best known for its persecution of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians and other entertainment professionals suspected. The sorrow and the pity 1969 revolution movie project. Grundheber, his estimable vocal resources fully deployed, was especially adept at conveying amfortass persistent pain, but he accomplished this in a bracing, rather than whining, manner. Just a few of the ordinary and famous subjects who document their experience of the war for. They comment on the nature of and reasons for collaboration, including antisemitism.
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 takes as its home base the city of clermontferrand, lodged almost in the center of france. The sorrow and the pity the sorrow and the pity topic. The beginning of the cold war brought a new wave of anticommunist hysteria and witch hunts in the u. The permanent subcommittee on investigations headed by senator mccarthy took the leading role, accompanied by the house committee on unamerican activities best known for its persecution of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians and other entertainment professionals. 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. The long shadow of the sorrow and the pity the new. Interview material filmed in the late 1960s in clermontferrand. To watch the full film, go to from the moment it was first released at a tiny left bank. May 07, 2000 bill desowitz reappraises the sorrow and the pity, 1971 film by french director marcel ophuls, which is being rereleased in original, undubbed form. Several films have been set there, including my night at maudes. Jan 01, 1975 furthermore, the film maker who wrote the material with andre harris, marcel ophuls, the calm interviewer asking pertinent questions in so many frames has produced, directed and wrote the script for the sorrow and the pity is one of the best documentaries ever made and it is one of the few to be included on the authoritative new york times. The film so shocked the french that it was banned from television broadcast until 1981. Before shoah, schindlers list, the long way home, and the last days, there was the sorrow and the pity.
The only piece of core reading is stanley hoffmans introductory piece, entitled in the looking glass, which appears in the english translation of the screenplay. Bill desowitz reappraises the sorrow and the pity, 1971 film by french director marcel ophuls, which is being rereleased in original, undubbed form. Personal histories, collective shame news the harvard crimson. Presented by the american cinematheque and the ucla ophuls film festival. Clermontferrand has an interesting relationship with the movies. 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. This newly restored film features exhaustive interviews with enough intriguing figures to fill a dozen spy novels. Viewing memory through night and fog, the sorrow and the pity and shoah article pdf available in journal of european studies 352. Infamous as the torturously long documentary that woody allen insists on taking diane keaton to in annie hall, the sorrow and the pity deserves a more polished reputation as a cinema classic.
Collaboration and resistance in vichy france world. To watch the full film, go to pity from the moment it was first released at a tiny left bank. He also demolishes numerous selfserving national myths to such an extent that, although he made the film for french television, they wouldn t show it for over a. The sorrow and the pity 1972 in the aftermath of world war ii, the french clung vehemently to a belief that they and their vichy governmenthad resisted the nazi occupation of france. The sorrow and the pity all episodes available to stream adfree. The sorrow and the pity is a documentary which focuses on the events of world war ii. She was listening contentedly to the torrent of words spilling from his mouth. The english papers speak of our calamities with pity and sorrow. The sorrow and the pity 1971 marcel ophuls synopsis. A timely documentary series from turner classics the. Pity 1969 and the memory of justice 1976, also based on interviews, winifred. Pdf viewing memory through night and fog, the sorrow and. From 1940 to 1944, frances vichy government collaborated with nazi germany. 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 world war ii.
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