- Summary
- 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.
- Variant Title
- Chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation
Sorrow and the pity
Chronicle of a French city under the Occupation
- Series
- The Milestone collection
Milestone collection.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Harrington Park, N.J.?] : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2001]
©2001
- Locale
- France
Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Clermont-Ferrand
- Edition
- Restored édition
- Contents
-
pt. 1. L'effrondrement = The collapse
pt. 2. Le choix = The choice.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ophüls, Marcel.
Harris, André, 1933-
Sédouy, Alain de, 1929-
Mendès France, Pierre, 1907-1982.
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977.
Lévy, Claude.
Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972.
Allen, Woody, 1935-
Télévision rencontre.
Milestone Film & Video.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
- Notes
-
Videodisc release of the 1969 French motion picture; restored ed. dated 2000.
"Woody Allen presents"--Container.
"A Milestone Film release."
Series from container.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
Includes theatrical trailer.
pt. 1. L'effrondrement = The collapse -- pt. 2. Le choix = The choice.
Photography, André Gazut and Jürgen Thieme ; editing, Claude Vajda ; music, Maurice Chevalier.
Pierre Mendès-France, Sir Anthony Eden, Claude Levy, Denis Rake, Alexis and Louis Grave, Maurice Chevalier.
DVD.
French, English and German dialogue with English subtitles.
Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
