No review available.
Comment
10/25/02
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
100
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
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
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for The Sorrow and the Pity
Even today it's lost little of its challenging impact.
05/18/04
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's valuable mainly as a brilliant assemblage of documents and testimonies.
10/06/07
Top CriticIn its complexity, its humanity, its refusal to find easy solutions, this is one of the greatest documentaries ever made.
10/23/04
Top Critic...exposes the political and moral shortsightedness that led to one of the sorriest chapters in an infinitely sorrowful war.
05/18/01
No review available.
08/08/02
No review available.
07/31/05
[A] timeless study of human nature.
05/22/04
For any history buff, this film is a must-see. (Try breaking it up into chunks.)
12/18/01
The film is so boldly conceived, richly textured and beautifully paced that its marathon running time feels more like a sprint.
10/06/07
No review available.
06/19/03
A grand, astonishingly comprehensive document, recorded with unfailing persistence and intelligence.
03/03/05
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 CriticIt soberly spotlights history -- impressively human, not pedantic, levels.
05/20/03
Through its scale, intelligence, wit, imaginative organisation and polemical thrust, it changed the face of the documentary forever.
10/06/07
Ophüls is more relentless than Mike Wallace in getting beneath the cover stories and revealing the truth.
06/19/01
No review available.
11/17/03
Documentary about the horrors of occupying a foreign country. Especially well worth watching now.
01/17/07
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
History of Disney Animation 
MSN Movies offers a little background on the success of Disney Animation.
90 Years of Screen Vampires
TIME takes a look back at the history of vampires on film.
Virtuoso Vistas of Lovely Bones
Techland examines the visual splendor of Peter Jackson's upcoming film.
Recent Headlines as TV Movies
AOL put together a list of 10 recent news items that would be perfect as TV Movies.
The Death of Original Thought
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill explores how remakes and reboots have warped our thinking.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds