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Le chagrin et la pitie, chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation = The sorrow and the pity : chronicle of a French city under the Occupation, un film de Marcel Ophuls ; production, Andre Harris, Alain de Sedouy (T.V. Rencontre) ; scénario et interviews, Marcel Ophuls, Andre Harris ; réalisation, Marcel Ophuls ; Television Rencontre, Norddeutscher Rundfunkt, Television Suisse Romande

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Le chagrin et la pitie

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un film de Marcel Ophuls ; production, Andre Harris, Alain de Sedouy (T.V. Rencontre) ; scénario et interviews, Marcel Ophuls, Andre Harris ; réalisation, Marcel Ophuls ; Television Rencontre, Norddeutscher Rundfunkt, Television Suisse Romande

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chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation = The sorrow and the pity : chronicle of a French city under the Occupation

Through interviews with participants and newsreel footage, examines the occupation of France by the Germans during World War II as it occurred in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. Concentrates on the themes of collaboration and resistance

Part one: The collapse. Two brothers -- The arrival of the Germans -- A changing political climate -- The legion of companions -- The Marshall's visit ; Discussing the French & British navies -- Race ideology -- Franco-German economic collaboration -- The written word -- On trial for desertion -- Work, family & nation -- The French drama ; Anti-semitic films -- The resistance in AuvergnePart two: The choice. Clermont remembered -- Almost too nice -- The resistance and Allied forces -- The various levels of French society -- The early resistance -- The black sheep -- The issue of communism -- De Gaulle and the free French -- The words of Laval ; Anti-semitism -- A visit to Sigmaringen Castle -- Defeating Bolshevism -- Different states of mind -- The price of a wig -- Judge & jury

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Sorrow and the pity, chronicle of a French city under the Occupation