The Sorrow and the Pity is a 1969 French documentary film directed by Marcel Ophüls. It examines the collaboration of the French people with the Nazi German occupiers during World War II. The film is composed of interviews with citizens of Clermont-Ferrand, a
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The Sorrow and the Pity is a two-part 1969 documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II. The film uses interviews with a German officer, collaborators, and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature of and reasons for collaboration, including antisemitism, Anglophobia, fear of Bolsheviks and Soviet invasion, and the desire for power.