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The Sorrow and the Pity

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The Sorrow and the Pity
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NR,4hrs 11min
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January 1, 1970
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Cinema 5 Distributing
Synopsis: Made for French television, Marcel Ophüls' four-hour-plus documentary explores the average French citizen's memories of the Nazi occupation. Just how large and effective was the fabled resistance movement? Is cooperation the same thing as collaboration? And how did one's up-close-and-personal experiences with the occupation troops impact one's postwar life? These questions are probingly posed (but not all are answered) by Ophüls, who also acts as offscreen interviewer. The first half of the film ... Full Synopsis
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