Though lengthy and obviously downbeat, the 1970 film should be a staple for all serious filmgoers.
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07/30/03
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:24
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: THE SORROW AND THE PITY is one of the greatest documentaries ever made, delving into the Nazi occupation of France. Director Marcel Ophuls interviewed dozens of French, British, and German... [More]
Director: Marcel Ophuls
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Reviews for The Sorrow and the Pity
The mosaic is comprehensive, the documentation overwhelming, particularly regarding the nature and extent of collaboration.
06/24/06
A work which helped change the way France viewed its own past, The Sorrow And The Pity is an impressively assembled documentary which combines archival footage and detailed personal testimonies to profound effect.
10/06/07
It soberly spotlights history -- impressively human, not pedantic, levels.
05/20/03
For any history buff, this film is a must-see. (Try breaking it up into chunks.)
12/18/01
No review available.
03/12/05
[A] timeless study of human nature.
05/22/04
No review available.
07/31/05
Even today it's lost little of its challenging impact.
05/18/04
Ophüls is more relentless than Mike Wallace in getting beneath the cover stories and revealing the truth.
06/19/01
No review available.
08/08/02
It's valuable mainly as a brilliant assemblage of documents and testimonies.
10/06/07
Top CriticThe postwar, Gaullist myth of massive French resistance to fascism has long since been destroyed, yet The Sorrow and the Pity retains its shattering power as an interrogation of memory.
01/01/00
No review available.
11/17/03
Documentary about the horrors of occupying a foreign country. Especially well worth watching now.
01/17/07
No review available.
06/19/03
It remains the preeminent documentary about historical tragedy and one of the most exhilaratingly demanding experiences the movies have ever offered.
08/11/02
Top CriticThrough its scale, intelligence, wit, imaginative organisation and polemical thrust, it changed the face of the documentary forever.
10/06/07
No review available.
10/25/02
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