The Sorrow and the Pity
1969 • 1 SeasonAn in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of Nazi invasion.
Top Series Cast
Helmut Tausend
as Self, former Wehrmacht Captain
Marcel Verdier
as Self, pharmacist in Clermont-Ferrand
Alexis Grave
as Self, Yronde farmer
Louis Grave
as Self, Yronde farmer, Résistance Fighter
Pierre Mendès France
as Self, Former Prime Minister Of France
Emile Coulaudon
as Self, Former Head of the Auvergne Maquis
Walter Warlimont
as Self, General, adjutant to the Wehrmacht Supreme Command
Georg Stumme
as Self, general in the Wehrmacht
Tausend
as Self
Anthony Eden
as Self, Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945
Sepp Dietrich
as Self, SS commander (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Albert Speer
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Leiris
as Self, Former Mayor Of Combronde
André Harris
as Self, interviewer
Philippe Pétain
as Self
Georges Bidault
as Self
Jacques Duclos
as Self, former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party
Charles Braun
as Self, restaurateur, Clermont-Ferrand
Edward Spears
as Self
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Schmidt
as Self, Adolf Hitler's chief interpreter
Bruno Fritz
as Self (archive footage)
Edouard Lefèbvre
as Self, 110,000th French worker in Nazi Germany (archive footage)
Elmar Michel
as Self, chairman of Salamander Shoes
R. Du Jonchay
as Self, Colonel, Head of the Résistance Movement
Jean Louis Gontier de Vasse
as Self, pilot-sergeant (archive footage)
Henri Rochat
as Self, defense Lawyer for Pierre Mendès France
Georges Lamirand
as Self, Minister of Youth, 1941-43
Alphonse de Chateaubriant
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Laville
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Danton
as Self, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
Monsieur Dionnet
as Self, teacher, Lycée Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
Marius Klein
as Self, shopkeeper, Clermont-Ferrand
Bernard Natan
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Le Calvez
as Self, cinema owner, Clermont-Ferrand
Albert Préjean
as Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
as Self (archive footage)
Suzy Delair
as Self (archive footage)
Junie Astor
as Self (archive footage)
Viviane Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Reinhard Heydrich
as Self (archive footage)
René Bousquet
as Self - with Laval (archive footage)
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
as Self (archive footage)
Fernand de Brinon
as Self (archive footage)
Raphaël Géminiani
as Self - Champion Professional Cyclist
Monsieur Mioche
as Self, Hotelier in Royat
Flight Sergeant Evans
as Self, retired British pilot
Denis Rake
as Self, British Secret Agent in occupied France
Maurice Buckmaster
as Self, Former Head of the British Espionage Network
Marcel Ophüls
as Self, interviewer
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
as Self, Founder of the Liberation Résistance Movement
Marcel Fouche-Degliame
as Self, Director of the Combat Movement
Charles de Gaulle
as Self (archive footage)
Jacques Doriot
as Self, head of the Fascist French Popular Party (archive footage)
René de Chambrun
as Self, International Lawyer
Pierre Laval
as Self, French Minister of State (archive footage)
Claude Levy
as Self - Author and Biologist
Commandant Menut
as Self, member of the French Résistance
Matthäus Bleibinger
as Self - Wehrmacht Soldier in the Auvergne
Madame Solange
as Self, beautician
Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie
as Self (archive footage)
Raymond Guyot
as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Denies Making Tour of Germany (archive footage)
Full cast details coming soon!