The Sorrow and the Pity

1969 film by Marcel Ophüls
Movie film Q638892
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Summary

The Sorrow and the Pity is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,089 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Marcel Ophuls[3]
  • Screenwriter: Marcel Ophuls[4], André Harris[5]
  • Composer: Maurice Chevalier[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7]
  • Cast member: Anthony Eden[8], Christian de La Mazière[9], Denis Rake[10], Edward Spears[11], Émile Coulaudon[12], Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie[13], Georges Bidault[14], Georges Lamirand[15], Jacques Duclos[16], Marcel Degliame[17], Marcel Ophuls[18], Paul Schmidt[19], Pierre Mendès France[20], Raphaël Géminiani[21]
  • Producer: Charles-Henri Favrod[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[23], English[24], French[25]
  • Commons category: French resistance[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Review score: 8.7/10[28], 100%[29]
  • Color: black-and-white[30]
  • Country of origin: France[31], Germany[32]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1969[33]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[34]
  • Main subject: World War II[35]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[36]
  • Title: Le Chagrin et la Pitié[37]
  • Different from: Q139892054[38]
  • Duration: 251 minutes[39]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[40]

Why It Matters

The Sorrow and the Pity has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . film distribution certificate. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W070209
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W070209, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6d ago · Adren~frwiki · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['be_x_old', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ms', 'no', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Tmdb movie id: 1598076"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → the-sorrow-and-the-pity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: the-sorrow-and-the-pity, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289968733|the sorrow and the pity (#289968733)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  4. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 66904
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 66904, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  5. 7w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 15227
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Decine21 film id: 15227, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/204264820|Le Chagrin et la pitié (#204264820)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7078|Decine21 fi"
  6. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 71326
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 71326, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 32853
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  8. 21w ago · Serpicozaure · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → French resistance
    Instance of → film
    Instance of → —
    Main subject → World War II
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Q139892054"
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