Ratings

TMDB Rating 7.6
IMDB Rating 8.3
RottenTomatoes Rating 100%

Financials

Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: Chronicle of a French City under the Occupation

Status: Released

Average Rating: 8

Release Date: Apr 14, 1971

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Run Time: 4h 19m

Original Language: German

Website: -

Production Countries: Germany , Switzerland

Production Companies: NDR , SRG SSR , Télévision Rencontre


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Synopsis

From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and fear of Bolsheviks, to simple caution. Part one, "The Collapse," includes an extended interview with Pierre Mendès-France, jailed for anti-Vichy action and later France's Prime Minister. At the heart of part two, "The Choice," is an interview with Christian de la Mazière, one of 7,000 French youth to fight on the eastern front wearing German uniforms.


Main Cast

Georges Bidault

Georges Bidault

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Matthäus Bleibinger

Matthäus Bleibinger

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jacques Duclos

Jacques Duclos

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden

(also archive footage) (as Lord Avon)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Pierre Mendès France

Pierre Mendès France

Himself - Former Prime Minister of France

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie

Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie

Himself - Founder of the Liberation Movement

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Himself

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Marcel Ophüls

Marcel Ophüls

Himself - Interviewer

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls
Writing Writer
Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls
André Harris
André Harris
Production Producer
André Harris
André Harris
Alain de Sedouy
Alain de Sedouy
Co-Producer
Charles-Henri Favrod
Charles-Henri Favrod
Editing Editor
Claude Vajda
Claude Vajda
Crew Cinematography
André Gazut
André Gazut
Jürgen Thieme
Jürgen Thieme
Department Role Name

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