The Sorrow and the Pity (DVD)

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".

Starring: Anthony Eden, Dr. Claude Levy, Matheus Bleibinger, Pierre Mendès-France, Emmanuel D'Astier De La Vigerie, Georges Bidault, Rene de Chambrun, Emile Coulaudon, Jacques Duclos, Marcel Fouche-Degliame, Christian de la Maziere, Georges Lamirand, Claude Levy, Pierre Mendes-France, Alexis Grave, Denis Rake, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Grave

Director: Marcel Ophüls