Directed by:
Marcel OphülsScreenplay:
Marcel OphülsCast:
Marcel Ophüls, Reinhard Heydrich (a.f.), Maurice Chevalier (a.f.), Danielle Darrieux (a.f.), Suzy Delair (a.f.), Albert Préjean (a.f.), Junie Astor (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Describing the fall of France and the rise of the Resistance, with the aid of newly-shot interviews and eye-opening archive footage including newsreels and propaganda films, Ophuls painstakingly crafts a complex, nuanced picture of what really happened in France over this period. He also demolishes numerous self-serving national myths to such an extent that, although he made the film for French television, they wouldn t show it for over a decade. (Arrow Films)
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It is unbelievable how long a documentary can be made about the situation with Nazism in one part of France. Yes, it is definitely an interesting subject, but was it really necessary to make it four hours long? I am sure that if it had half the duration, it would still be just as controversial and interesting, and moreover, more accessible to a wider audience.
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