Hailed as one of the most moving and influential films of our time this Oscar nominated documentary by director Marcel Ophuls has continued to garner international acclaim since its release in 1969. An epic account of the occupation of small French industrial city Clermont-Ferrand by the Germans in World War 2 Ophuls combines interviews along with archive footage to explore the reality of occupation. Speaking to Resistance fighters collaborators spies farmers government officials writers artists and veterans it is perhaps the most gripping and inspiring portrait of... how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Hailed as one of the most moving and influential films of our time this Oscar nominated documentary by director Marcel Ophuls has continued to garner international acclaim since its release in 1969 An epic account of the occupation of small French industrial city Clermont-Ferrand by the Germans in World War 2 Ophuls combines interviews along with archive footage to explore the reality of occupation Speaking to Resistance fighters collaborators spies farmers government officials writers artists and veterans it is perhaps the most gripping and inspiring portrait of how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances
Powerful documentary originally made for French television in 1969 by director Marcel Ophuls. The film chronicles the Nazi occupation of France from 1940 to 1944, using archive footage such as propagandist newsreels and footage of Maurice Chevalier singing for the German troops, coupled with personal interviews with French Resistance fighters and former German officers as well as government officials, spies, war veterans and ordinary citizens. Focusing in particular on the occupation of one small French industrial city, Clermont-Ferand, the film asks probing questions about the anti-Semitism and xenophobia prevalent in French society at the time. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1972, and was famously used by Woody Allen as a leitmotif in his film 'Annie Hall'.
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