- 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
- Sorrow and the pity
Chronique d'une ville française sous l'occupation
- Series
- Milestone collection
Milestone collection.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Harrington Park, NJ] : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, 2000
©1969
- Locale
- France
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (France)
- Edition
- Restored edition
- Contents
-
pt. 1. L'effrondrement = The collapse
pt. 2. Le choix = The choice.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ophüls, Marcel, film director.
Harris, André, 1933- screen writer.
Sédouy, Alain de, 1929-
Mendès France, Pierre, 1907-1982, interviewee.
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977, interviewee.
Lévy, Claude, interviewee.
Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972, interviewee.
Télévision rencontre.
Milestone Film & Video.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
- Notes
-
Videodisc release of the 1969 motion picture.
On container: "Woody Allen presents."
pt. 1. L'effrondrement = The collapse -- pt. 2. Le choix = The choice.
Photography, André Gazut, Jürgen Thieme.
Featuring Pierre Mendès-France, Sir Anthony Eden, Claude Lévy, Denis Rake, Alexis and Louis Grave and Maurice Chevalier.
DVD ; Dolby digital ; mono.
French with English subtitles.